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1 online resource (510 pages) |
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DAS TESTAMENT IVANS DES SCHRECKLICHEN VON 1572 EINE KRITISCHE AUFKLÄRUNG/A Textual Analysis of the 1572 Will of Ivan the Terrible; Copyright Page; Inhalt; Abstract; Foreword; Danksagung; 1 -- Einleitung; 2 -- Testamente Ivans IV. -- Datierungen and Forschungsstand; 3 -- Der Kommentar; 4 -- Das Testament Ivans des Schrecklichen von 1572 als Text des Alten und des Neuen Russlands; 5 -- Lesarten des Testamentes von 1572; List of Photographs; Photo 1; Photo 2; Photo 3; Photo 4; Photo 5; Photo 6; Photo 7; 6 -- Resumée; 7 -- Literaturverzeichnis; Glossar; Index |
| Summary |
This is a new look at the one existing copy of the 1572 Testament of Ivan the Terrible. It provides a close textural analyses which will appeal to a broad audience. For the first time this 19th century manuscript discovery is discussed in detail as to its historical discovery and the subsequent problems associated with its authentication and authorship. There is as much about the literary culture in Russia in the nineteenth century as it is about Ivan the Terrible and the testamentary culture and practice in the sixteenth century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in German with some Russian; abstract in English |
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Print version record |
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Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584 -- Will
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Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584 -- Forgeries
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Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584 |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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Forgery
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Wills
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Regions & Countries - Europe.
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History & Archaeology.
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Russia & Former Soviet Republics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773444300 |
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0773444300 |
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