Ivan the Terrible: first Tsar of Russia

Inhalt: The historical background -- The reign of Vasily III -- Ivan's birth, childhood, adolescence, coronation and marriage -- The era of Aleksei Adashev -- The 'government of compromise' -- The conquest of Kazan' -- The dynastic crisis of 1553: domestic and military policy, an...

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Main Author: De Madariaga, Isabel 1919-2014 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New Haven London Yale University Press 2006
In:Year: 2006
Reviews:[Rezension von: Madariaga, Isabel de, Ivan the Terrible: First Tsar of Russia] (2007) (Hudson, Hugh D.)
Edition:1st ed., first printed in paperback
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Iwan, IV., Russland, Zar 1530-1584
Further subjects:B Russia Politics and government 1533-1613
B Russia History Ivan IV, 1533-1584
B Biography
B Russia Kings and rulers Biography
B Ivan IV Czar of Russia (1530-1584)
B Ivan IV (1530-1584)
B Russia Biography Kings and rulers
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Summary:Inhalt: The historical background -- The reign of Vasily III -- Ivan's birth, childhood, adolescence, coronation and marriage -- The era of Aleksei Adashev -- The 'government of compromise' -- The conquest of Kazan' -- The dynastic crisis of 1553: domestic and military policy, and the arrival of the English -- The war in Livonia and the end of the 'chosen council' -- The death of Anastasia, and Ivan's second marriage -- Tsar Ivan and Prince Andrei Kurbsky -- The setting up of the Oprichnina -- War in Livonia and the Zemskii Sobor of 1566 -- The Boyar plot: 1) the letters to King Sigismund -- The Boyar plot: 2) the executions of Ivan Fedorov, Metropolitan Filipp and Vladimir of Staritsa -- Armageddon -- Foreign policy and the tatar invasions -- The end of the Oprichnina, and the succession to the Polish-Lithuanian crown -- Grand Prince Simeon Bekbulatovich -- Peace negotiations -- The truce of Iam Zapol'sky -- The death of Ivan -- Ivan's legacy to Russia
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis Seite [452]-468
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Frühere Ausgabe (Festeinband, ISBN 0-300-09757-3): 2005
ISBN:0300119739