The crisis of religious toleration in Imperial Russia : Bibikov's system for the Old Believers, 1841-1855

The crisis of religious toleration in Imperial Russia : Bibikov's system for the Old Believers, 1841-1855 / Thomas Marsden.

This work details an unprecedented attempt by the government of Russia's Tsar Nicholas I (1825-1855) to eradicate what was seen as one of the greatest threats to its political security: the religious dissent of the Old Believers. The history of this religious persecution throws new light on the...

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Main Author: Marsden, Thomas, 1983- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford historical monographs.
Subjects:
1800-1917
Old Believers > Russia > History > 19th century.
Religious tolerance > Russia > History.
Religion and politics > Russia > History.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Old Believers
Politics and government
Religion and politics
Religious tolerance
Russia > Church history > 1801-1917.
Russia > Politics and government > 1801-1917.
Russia
Church history
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • The Crisis of Religious Toleration in Imperial Russia: Bibikov's System for the Old Believers, 1841-1855
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Archives
  • Archival notation
  • Published works
  • Note to the Reader
  • Introduction
  • The Orthodox Schism
  • Religious Toleration
  • Nicholas I
  • State-Building
  • Nation-Building
  • Social and Economic Change
  • Overview
  • Part One: Origins Of The Crisis: 1841-52
  • 1: The Belaia Krinitsa Hierarchy
  • ""The Old Believers and Revolution""""Religious Legitimacy""; ""Foreign Interference and International Conspiracy""; ""Political or Religious Criminals""; ""2: The Preobrazhenskoe Cemetery""; ""Alexander I and The Fedoseevtsy""; ""Nicholas I and The Search For Rational Consistency""; ""Regulating Old Believer Institutions""; ""The Threat of The Preobrazhenskoe Cemetery in the 1840s""; ""Exact Legality and Civil Rights""; ""3: The Beguny Commission and the Statistical Expeditions""; ""Experts on the Narod""; ""Ivan Aksakov: an Enlightened Bureaucrat""; ""Stenbokś Commission""
  • ""The Commissionś Investigation""""The Commissionś Conclusions""; ""A New Notion of State Service""; ""The Statistical Expeditions""; ""Part Two: The Crisis Unfolds: 1853-55""; ""4: Bibikov's System""; ""Old Belief: A Political Emergency""; ""The Government of The Enlightened Experts""; ""An Alternative Russia""; ""5: The Failure of Legality""; ""The Suppression of The Preobrazhenskoe Cemetery""; ""The Enlightened Experts and The Conclusion of The Beguny Investigation""; ""6: The Crimean War and the Domestic Enemy""; ""Afonii Kochuev""; ""The Crimean War and Orthodox Unity""
  • An Old Believer Church as A Fifth ColumnThe Suppression of The Rogozhskoe Cemetery
  • 7: The Offensive Against the Capitalist-Fanatics
  • Religious and Economic Leaders
  • The Inroads of Capitalism
  • The Merchant Elite
  • The Law Against the Old Believer Merchants
  • Opposition to The Law
  • 8: The End of Bibikov's System
  • The Church
  • The Narod
  • The Autocratic State
  • Epilogue
  • Conclusion
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Manuscript and Archival Sources
  • Printed Primary Sources
  • Printed Secondary Sources
  • Index

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