From Peasant to Patriarch - Account of Birth, Uprising, Life of His Holiness Nikon, Patriarch of

Informationen zum Autor Kevin Kain is professor of Russian and European history at Texas A&M University, Texarkana. Katia Levintova is assistant professor of comparative politics and Russian and East European politics at Texas A&M University, Texarkana. Klappentext This book chronicles Nikon's entire life, focusing on the patriarch's relationship with the Romanov royal family and his monastery building program. The narrative also features rare eyewitness accounts of monumental events and daily life in seventeenth-century Russia from a domestic perspective. The first annotated English language translation of the comprehensive text, From Peasant to Patriarch includes extensive commentary, parallel texts, and a glossary of Russian terms. Zusammenfassung Chronicles Nikon's life! focusing on the patriarch's relationship with the Romanov royal family and his monastery building program. This narrative also features eyewitness accounts of the events and daily life in seventeenth-century Russia from a domestic perspective. It also includes commentary! parallel texts! and a glossary of Russian terms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Account of the Birth, Upbringing, and Life of His Holiness Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

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• Authors: Cleric Ioann/ Kain Shusherin, Ioann Shusherin, Ivan Kornil Shusherin, Ivan Kornil'evich Shusherin, Shusherin Ioann
• Assisted by: Kevin Kain (Translation), Katia Levintova (Translation), Levintova Katia (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2007
• EAN: 9780739115794
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1579-4
• No. of pages: 203
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Russia, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, HISTORY / Europe / General, Biography: religious & spiritual, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Biography: religious and spiritual, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Russia / General