Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia: The False Tsars of the Time and Troubles

ISBN-13: 9780521472746 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 288 str.

Maureen Perrie

Opis

This is the first scholarly account by a Western historian of the Time of Troubles, the period of civil war and foreign invasion in early-seventeenth-century Russia. The author focuses on the various pretenders or royal imposters who appeared at this time; she traces their careers and offers explanations for their success. Her analysis of the phenomenon of pretense illuminates popular perceptions of the monarchy in early modern Russia, and demonstrates how social protest could take the form of support for imposters claiming to be the "true tsar."

Recenzje

"Perrie has written a detailed history of misadventures and a useful that exaggerate the virtues of the simple peasants." Charles A. Ruud, Canadian Jrnl of History

Spis treści

Introduction; Prologue: Tsarevich Dimitry and Boris Godunov; Part I. The First False Dimitry; 1. The fugitive monk; 2. The campaign for the crown; 3. The pretender on the throne; Part II. Rebels in the Name of Tsar Dimitry: 4. Tsar Dimitry Lives!; 5. The uprising continues; Part III. The Final Stages of the Troubles: 6. The Second False Dimitry: from Starodub to Tushino; 7. The Second False Dimitry: Tushino and Kaluga; 8. Tsarevich Ivan Dimitrievich; Epilogue: After the Troubles: Pretence in the Later Seventeenth Century; Conclusion.