For centuries the exchange of letters between Ivan the Terrible
(1530-1584) and Prince Kurbskii, Muscovy's first notable defector,
has been considered an authentic and important source for
sixteenth-century Russian history. The Ivan portrayed in these
letters has dominated posterity's perception of him and his time.
But the provenance of the "Correspondence" has never been properly
established.
Edward L. Keenan draws on all the tools of source study and
literary criticism to demonstrate that the "Correspondence" is a
forgery, and in fact was composed some decades later in the
seventeenth century. He concentrates on the first letter of
Kurbskii, which is the earliest of the letters as well as a source
for the later ones, and concludes that it was written between 1623
and 1625 by Semen Ivanovich Shakhovskoi--a conclusion that will
necessitate the re-evaluation of sixteenth-century Russian history
as it has previously been written by scholars throughout the
world.
Keenan discusses at length the implications of his discovery
and sketches directions for future study, which will include a
reconstruction of our conception of sixteenth- and
seventeenth-century political thought, of Ivan's
personality--indeed of the nature of his reign--and of the
evolution of Muscovite state ideology.
General
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Russian Research Center Studies, 66 |
Release date: |
May 2014 |
First published: |
October 2013 |
Authors: |
Edward L. Keenan
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
252 |
Edition: |
Reprint 2014 ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-18171-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
European history >
General
Books >
History >
European history >
General
|
LSN: |
0-674-18171-9 |
Barcode: |
9780674181717 |
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