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Ivan IV and Muscovy by Charles J Halperin; Project Muse is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Ivan the Terrible continues to fascinate and confuse historians. In Ivan the Free to Reward and Free to Punish Charles J. Halperin presented a new and comprehensive interpretation of Ivan s personality and reign. In his second book on Ivan, Ivan IV and Muscovy, Halperin both explores in depth conclusions adumbrated only briefly in his first and more often provides additional research on subjects he has not previously discussed. Original studies address a wide panoply of topics and themes. In source study he examines chronicles, German foreigner accounts, and the writings of Ivan Peresvetov. In historiography Halperin analyzes the Russian- and English-language versions of Ruslan Skrynnikov s classic Reign of Terror. Social history topics include dysfunctional families, contests for office under the precedence system, foreign slaves, and apolitical violence. Evidence of rational rather than ideological thinking by Muscovite diplomats and Elizabeth I s flattery of Ivan as a ladies man belong to diplomatic history. On economic history Halperin raises the question of the weight, literally, of Muscovite coinage. Under the rubric of intellectual history, he continues his examination of la

Who reads Ivan IV and Muscovy?

Author

Charles J Halperin; Project Muse

Publisher

Slavica Publishers

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780893575014

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities