Modernizing Muscovy: Reform and Social Change in Seventeenth-Century Russia (Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe)

ISBN: 0415307511

Author: Kotilaine, Jarmo

Condition: New

First Published in 2004. Modernizing Muscovy is a comprehensive account of seventeenth-centuryRussian history. It rejects the traditional interpretation of this era as the twilightof the Russian Middle Ages. By revealing important instances of dynamicchange in the late Muscovite state, economy, and society, the book demonstratesthe crucial importance of pre-Petrine reform in Russias transition to one of thegreat powers of the world. The books broad scope makes it a veritableencyclopaedia of late Muscovite history. It both synthesizes previous scholarshipand breaks new ground in many important areas.