[PDF] Medieval Russia 980 1584 eBook

Author : Janet Martin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 38,89 MB
Release : 1995-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521368322

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This book is a concise and comprehensive narrative history of Russia from 980 to 1584. It covers the history of the realm of the Riurikid dynasty from the reign of Vladimir 1 the Saint, through to the reign of Ivan the Terrible, who sealed the end of his dynasty's rule. Presenting developments in social and economic areas, as well as in political history, foreign relations, religion and culture, Medieval Russia, 980-1584 breaks away from the traditional view of Old Russia as a static, immutable culture, and emphasises the 'dynamic' and changing qualities of Russian society. Janet Martin develops clear lines of argument that lead to conclusions concerning how and why the states and society of the lands of the Rus' assumed the forms and characteristics that they did. Broadly accessible with informative and provocative interpretations, this book provides an up-to-date analysis of medieval Russia.

Author : Janet Martin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 39,35 MB
Release : 2007-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0521859166

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A revised edition of the history of Russia from 980-1584.

Author : Charles J. Halperin
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 17,97 MB
Release : 1987-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253013666

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This revelatory study of Russian medieval history and the age of Mongolian conquest “infuses the subject with fresh insights and interpretations” (History). In the 13th century, a Mongolian confederation known as The Golden Horde dominated a vast region including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Caucuses. Though it would hold power into the 15th century, the influence of the Mongolian Empire on Russian history and culture has been all but ignored. Only in recent years have historians, archeologists, and philologists started to shed much needed light on this significant period of Mongol rule. In this enlightening new study, historian Charles Halperin assesses these recent findings to provide a comprehensive view of this chapter in Russian medieval history, offering a new interpretation of what role the Mongols played in the story of Russia. A Selection of the History Book Club “Combining rigorous analysis of the major scholarly findings with his own research, Halperin has produced both a much-needed synthesis and an important original work." –Library Journal

Author : Florin Curta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 25,81 MB
Release : 2006-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0521815398

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This book is an authoritative survey of the history of southeastern Europe from 500 to 1250.

Author : Nora K. Chadwick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 20,52 MB
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1107652561

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Originally published in 1946, this book presents an examination by Nora Kershaw Chadwick of early Russian written sources.

Author : Janet Martin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 27,39 MB
Release : 2004-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521548113

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Traces the medieval fur trade which stretched from western Europe to China.

Author : Paul Bushkovitch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 11,93 MB
Release : 2011-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1139504444

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Accessible to students, tourists and general readers alike, this book provides a broad overview of Russian history since the ninth century. Paul Bushkovitch emphasizes the enormous changes in the understanding of Russian history resulting from the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, new material has come to light on the history of the Soviet era, providing new conceptions of Russia's pre-revolutionary past. The book traces not only the political history of Russia, but also developments in its literature, art and science. Bushkovitch describes well-known cultural figures, such as Chekhov, Tolstoy and Mendeleev, in their institutional and historical contexts. Though the 1917 revolution, the resulting Soviet system and the Cold War were a crucial part of Russian and world history, Bushkovitch presents earlier developments as more than just a prelude to Bolshevik power.

Author : Sergeĭ Fedorovich Platonov
Publisher : Lawrence : University Press of Kansas
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,82 MB
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN :

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Sergei Feodorovich Platonov's Time of Troubles is a classic study of the years 1598-1613, a turbulent and decisive period in Russian history. Available for the first time in English, this work will be a valuable tool for students of the medieval as well as modern periods. Platonov, himself a tragic victim of the regimentation imposed on Soviet cultural life in the 1920s, was born in 1860 and attained immense public and professional recognition in Russia as a leading historian. In his work he synthesized, to a high degree, two major traditions of Russian historiography: the St. Petersburg "school," which emphasized the collection and rigorous use of primary sources, and the Moscow "school" with its socioeconomic and geopolitical approaches. Time of Troubles represents the finished product of a lifetime spent in research, writing, and teaching. In broad terms it treats nearly a century and a half of Russian history (1500-1648); in detail it scrutinizes developments in the Muscovite State from 1598 to 1613. Some of the major issues covered in this volume are: the growing consolidation of Muscovite absolutism and the formation of a national state; the expansion of Muscovy to the west and southeast; the demise of the boyar class and the rise of the service-gentry; the emergence of serfdom as the social basis of Muscovite society; the cataclysmic end of one dynasty, the House of Rurik, and the beginnings of another, the House of Romanov. For Platonov—who devoted most of his career as a scholar to the study of these dramatic years—the epoch marked nothing less than the great divide between medieval Muscovy and modern Russia, witnessing the downfall of an essentially patrimonial regime and its replacement, after fierce struggles, by a more modern state founded on a new constellation of social groups.