Medieval Russia, 980-1584, 2nd Edition (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)

COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 3
SERIES-TITLE......Page 4
TITLE......Page 5
COPYRIGHT......Page 6
DEDICATION......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 9
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12
NOTE ON NAMES, DATES, AND
TRANSLITERATION......Page 14
CHRONOLOGY......Page 15
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 29
Vladimir’s seizure of the kievan throne......Page 31
Consolidation of power......Page 33
Conversion to christianity......Page 36
Domestic political organization......Page 42
Kievan commerce and foreign relations......Page 45
The riurikid dynasty......Page 54
The principalities of kievan rus\'......Page 69
Foreign affairs......Page 76
3 KIEVAN RUS\' SOCIETY......Page 94
Rural society......Page 95
Urban society......Page 98
Commerce and crafts......Page 99
Intercontinental commerce......Page 100
Craft production......Page 103
Domestic trade......Page 104
Economic activity in Novgorod and Suzdalia......Page 105
Sources of revenue......Page 108
Judicial services and fees......Page 109
Ecclesiastical courts......Page 111
Commercial fees......Page 115
The golden age and its aftermath......Page 116
4 KIEVAN RUS\': THE FINAL CENTURY......Page 130
Volynia (Volyn\'; Volhynia)......Page 135
Smolensk......Page 138
Suzdalia......Page 139
Novgorod......Page 142
Dynastic relations......Page 145
The crisis of 1132–1134......Page 147
The conflict of 1146–1159......Page 149
The crises of 1167–1177......Page 153
The thirteenth century......Page 161
Foreign affairs......Page 168
Novgorod and the northwestern frontier......Page 169
Galicia-Volynia and the southwestern frontier......Page 170
Vladimir-Suzdal\' and the northeastern frontier......Page 171
The steppe frontier......Page 173
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THE GOLDEN HORDE......Page 179
The mongol invasion of the rus\' lands......Page 180
The establishment of the golden horde......Page 186
Invasion and destruction......Page 191
Mongol suzerainty......Page 193
Rus\' resistance to Mongol suzerainty......Page 198
Rus\' accommodation to the Golden Horde......Page 200
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THE RUSSIAN LANDS WITHIN THE
GOLDEN HORDE......Page 205
Dynastic recovery......Page 206
The western frontier......Page 209
Economic recovery......Page 212
Intradynastic competition and the golden horde......Page 217
The rivalry between moscow and tver\' (1304–1327)......Page 223
Dynastic illegitimacy......Page 227
Novgorod......Page 230
Territorial expansion......Page 236
Assets and management......Page 239
Dynastic relations......Page 241
The Church......Page 243
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THE DANIILOVICH ASCENSION......Page 250
Discord within the horde......Page 252
Lithuanian expansion......Page 256
The reign of dmitry donskoi......Page 258
Muscovite relations with Tver\' and Lithuania......Page 261
Prelude to Kulikovo......Page 263
The Battle of Kulikovo......Page 266
Lithuania......Page 269
The Golden Horde......Page 271
Moscow......Page 273
The court......Page 274
The economy and territorial expansion......Page 276
The Church......Page 284
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THE UNIFICATION AND
CENTRALIZATION OF MUSCOVY......Page 291
The dmitr\'evich dynastic war and succession......Page 293
Territorial expansion......Page 305
The church and political legitimacy......Page 311
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MUSCOVITE DOMESTIC CONSOLIDATION......Page 328
The rural economy......Page 329
The urban economy......Page 334
Political consolidation......Page 342
The Muscovite court......Page 344
Provincial administration......Page 347
The duma......Page 349
Duma politics......Page 351
The administrative apparatus......Page 357
Political integration......Page 360
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FOREIGN POLICY AND FOREIGN TRADE......Page 366
Relations with Lithuania......Page 367
Relations with the Baltic countries......Page 373
Political relations......Page 377
Commercial relations......Page 385
The foreign policy of vasily iii......Page 388
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IVAN IV THE TERRIBLE......Page 394
The minority of ivan iv......Page 396
The dynasty and the tsar......Page 401
The Muscovite court......Page 410
Provincial administration......Page 415
The oprichnina......Page 418
The conquests of Kazan\' and Astrakhan\'......Page 423
The Livonian War......Page 430
Economic and social consequences of ivan’s policies......Page 432
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CONCLUSIONS AND CONTROVERSIES......Page 446
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 478
INDEX......Page 514