Muscovy and the Mongols - Cross-Cultural Influences on the Steppe Frontier, 1304-1589

Klappentext Study of the impact of the Mongols on the Rus lands using a broad and extensive source base. Zusammenfassung In examining the Mongol influence on Muscovy! Donald Ostrowski places Muscovy in the context of world history. In this 1998 book! he discusses the different cultures which influenced its development and shows that the ecclesiastical and secular establishments were affected by two dominant influences: Byzantium and the Qipchaq Khanate. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction: understanding Muscovy; Part I. Mongol Influence: What's What and What's Not: 1. Setting the scene; 2. Administration, political institutions and the military; 3. Seclusion of women; 4. Oriental despotism; 5. Economic oppression; Part II. Development of an Anti-Tatar Ideology in the Muscovite Church: 6. Defining ideology; 7. Anti-Tatar interpolations in the Rus' chronicles; 8. Fashioning the Khan into a Basileus; 9. Byzantine political thought and Muscovy; 10. Third Rome - delimiting the ruler's power and authority; 11. The myth of the 'Tatar Yoke'; Addendum: types of cross-cultural influence; Glossary; Chronology; Works cited; Abbreviations; Sources; Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Ostrowski Donald, Donald Ostrowski, Donald (Harvard University Ostrowski, Ostrowski Donald
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.06.2002
• EAN: 9780521894104
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89410-4
• No. of pages: 348
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, CE period up to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Mongol Empire, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era, Mongol Empire / Mongol Hordes / Khanates