Through the prism of honor, Kollmann examines the interaction of
the Russian state and its people in regulating social relations and
defining an individual's rank. She finds vital information in a
collection of transcripts of legal suits brought by elites and
peasants alike to avenge insult to honor. The cases make clear the
conservative role honor played in society as well as the ability of
men and women to employ this body of ideas to address their
relations with one another and with the state. Kollmann
demonstrates that the grand princes -- and later the tsars --
tolerated a surprising degree of local autonomy throughout their
rapidly expanding realm. Her work marks a stark contrast with
traditional Russian historiography, which exaggerates the power of
the state and downplays the volition of society.
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