Reign of terror : Ivan IV

Reign of terror : Ivan IV / by Ruslan G. Skrynnikov ; translated by Paul Williams, in cooperation with the Bronze Horseman Literary Agency.

"Ruslan Grigor'evitch Skrynnikov unfolds the drama of terror under Ivan the Terrible and his oprichnina. He uses new kinds of evidence paying close attention to primary sources. The conflicts between Ivan and the gentry, the crushing of Novgorod autonomy, the ways in which Ivan interpreted...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skrynnikov, R. G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Brill, 2015.
Series:Eurasian studies library.
Subjects:
Ivan > IV, > Czar of Russia, > 1530-1584.
Ivan > IV, > Czar of Russia, > 1530-1584
Russia. > Oprichnina > History.
Russia. > Oprichnina
1500-1613
State-sponsored terrorism > Russia > History > 16th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Kings and rulers
Politics and government
State-sponsored terrorism
Russia > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Russia > History > Ivan IV, 1533-1584.
Russia > Politics and government > 1533-1613.
Russia
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Glossary
  • Introduction: Ruslan Skrynnikov's kingdom of terror : a bibliographic note / Charles J. Halperin
  • Original preface / Ruslan G. Skrynnikov
  • The aristocracy and the Boyars
  • Boyar rule
  • The Moscow tsardom
  • The Chosen Council
  • The fall of Adashev
  • The trial of the Staritskiis
  • Boyar sedition
  • The dispute with Kurbskii
  • The establishment of the Oprichnina
  • Banishment to Kazan
  • The search for a compromise
  • The "Boyar conspiracy"
  • The rape of Novgorod
  • The executions in Moscow
  • The Oprichnina "paradise"
  • The end of the Oprichnina
  • The "court" and its demise
  • Simeon Bekbulatovich
  • The last crisis
  • Russian culture in the sixteenth century
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Sources.

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