From Peasant to Patriarch - Account of the Birth, Upbringing, and Life of His Holiness Nikon,

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. 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: Ioann Shusherin, Shusherin Ioann
• Assisted by: Kevin Kain (Translation), Katia Levintova (Translation), Levintova Katia (Translation)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.10.2007
• EAN: 9780739115800
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1580-0
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: 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