Title Afanasii Shchapov and the significance of religious dissent in Imperial Russia, 1848-70 / Thomas Marsden

Published Stuttgart, Germany : Ibidem-Verlag, 2014 ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (105 pages) Contents ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""I Introduction""; ""II The Raskol and Revolution""; ""III Society of the Raskol""; ""IV The Raskolâ€?nik as the â€?Otherâ€?""; ""V Conclusion""; ""VI Bibliography"" Summary In the 1650s and 1660s, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Nikon, carried out a series of reforms which were rejected by a large number of the faithful. The split that resulted, the Great Schism or raskol, led a large proportion of the Russian population to become completely isolated from the official church. Known as raskol'niki, they were seen as stubborn opponents of both church and government and were fiercely persecuted. Two centuries later amidst peasant protests, revolutionary conspiracies and government paranoia, Russia's religious dissenters were again at the forefront Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 9, 2015) Subject Shchapov, A. P. (Afanasīĭ Prokofʹevich), 1830-1876. SUBJECT Shchapov, A. P. (Afanasīĭ Prokofʹevich), 1830-1876 fast Subject Historians -- Russia -- Biography Old Believers -- Russia -- History -- 19th century Historians Old Believers SUBJECT Russia -- Church history -- 1801-1917. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004169 Subject Russia Genre/Form Biographies Church history History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9783838258621 3838258622

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