Title Medieval Russia, 980-1584

Edition 2nd ed Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (540 pages) Series Cambridge Medieval Textbooks Cambridge medieval textbooks. Contents COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTE ON NAMES, DATES, ANDTRANSLITERATION; CHRONOLOGY; ABBREVIATIONS; 1THE ERA OF VLADIMIR I; Vladimir's seizure of the kievan throne; Consolidation of power; Conversion to christianity; Domestic political organization; Kievan commerce and foreign relations; 2PRINCES AND POLITICS (1015-1125); The riurikid dynasty; The principalities of kievan rus'; Foreign affairs; 3 KIEVAN RUS' SOCIETY; Rural society; Urban society; Commerce and crafts; The Kievan economy; Intercontinental commerce Craft productionDomestic trade; Economic activity in Novgorod and Suzdalia; Sources of revenue; Judicial services and fees; Ecclesiastical courts; Commercial fees; The golden age and its aftermath; 4 KIEVAN RUS': THE FINAL CENTURY; The peripheral principalities; Volynia (Volyn'; Volhynia); Smolensk; Suzdalia; Novgorod; Dynastic relations; The crisis of 1132-1134; The conflict of 1146-1159; The crises of 1167-1177; The thirteenth century; Foreign affairs; Novgorod and the northwestern frontier; Galicia-Volynia and the southwestern frontier; Vladimir-Suzdal' and the northeastern frontier The steppe frontier5THE GOLDEN HORDE; The mongol invasion of the rus' lands; The establishment of the golden horde; Rus' relations with the golden horde; Invasion and destruction; Mongol suzerainty; Rus' resistance to Mongol suzerainty; Rus' accommodation to the Golden Horde; 6THE RUSSIAN LANDS WITHIN THEGOLDEN HORDE; Dynastic recovery; The western frontier; Economic recovery; Intradynastic competition and the golden horde; The rivalry between moscow and tver' (1304-1327); The rise of moscow (1327-1359); Dynastic illegitimacy; Novgorod; Power and legitimacy; Territorial expansion Assets and managementDynastic relations; The Church; 7THE DANIILOVICH ASCENSION; Discord within the horde; Lithuanian expansion; The reign of dmitry donskoi; Muscovite relations with Tver' and Lithuania; Prelude to Kulikovo; The Battle of Kulikovo; The post-kulikovo transition; Lithuania; The Golden Horde; Moscow; The court; The economy and territorial expansion; The Church; 8THE UNIFICATION ANDCENTRALIZATION OF MUSCOVY; The dmitr'evich dynastic war and succession; Territorial expansion; The church and political legitimacy; 9MUSCOVITE DOMESTIC CONSOLIDATION; The muscovite economy The rural economyThe urban economy; Political consolidation; The Muscovite court; Provincial administration; The central administration; The duma; Duma politics; The administrative apparatus; Political integration; 10FOREIGN POLICY AND FOREIGN TRADE; Muscovy's relations with its european neighbors; Relations with Lithuania; Relations with the Baltic countries; Muscovite relations with the tatar khanates; Political relations; Commercial relations; The foreign policy of vasily iii; 11IVAN IV THE TERRIBLE; The minority of ivan iv; The political system; The dynasty and the tsar Summary A revised edition of the history of Russia from 980-1584 Notes Court and administration Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 448-483) and index Notes Print version record Subject HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern. HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics. HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union. SUBJECT Kievan Rus -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91003310 Russia -- History -- Ivan IV, 1533-1584. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125772 Russia -- History -- To 1533. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125766 Subject Europe -- Kyivan Rus Russia Kiewer Reich Russland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511370052 0511370059 9780511649431 0511649436 9780511811074 0511811071

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