Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of genealogical tables; List of maps; Glossary; Abbreviations; Preface; Chapter one Russia in 1200; Chapter two South Russia 1200-1223; Chapter three North Russia 1200-1223; Suzdalia; Novgorod; Chapter four The Tatar Invasions; The first invasion (1223); Period of respite (1223-1237); The Great Invasion (1237-1240); Chapter five The Aftermath 1238-1263; The struggle for power (1238-1252); The reign of Aleksandr Nevskiy (1252-1263); Chapter six Aleksandr Nevskiy's Successors; The last of the Yaroslavichi (1263-1277)
Civil war and Tatar domination (1277-1304)Chapter seven Conclusion; Appendix A Chronicles; Appendix B Genealogical tables; Maps; Bibliography; Index
Summary
John Fennell''s history of thirteenth-century Russia is the only detailed study in English of the period, and is based on close investigation of the primary sources. His account concentrates on the turbulent politics of northern Russia, which was ultimately to become the tsardom of Muscovy, but he also gives detailed attention to the vast southern empire of Kiev before its eclipse under the Tatars. The resulting study is a major addition to medieval historiography: an essential acquisition for students of Russia itself, and a book which decisively fills a vast blank on the map of the European
