Foreword

Home Literary Studies Foreword

Chapter

Licensed

Unlicensed Requires Authentication

Published by

View more publications by Yale University Press

This chapter is in the book Ivan the Terrible

de Madariaga, Isabel. "Foreword". Ivan the Terrible, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, pp. x-xix. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300143768-003

de Madariaga, I. (2008). Foreword. In Ivan the Terrible (pp. x-xix). New Haven: Yale University Press. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300143768-003

de Madariaga, I. 2008. Foreword. Ivan the Terrible. New Haven: Yale University Press, pp. x-xix. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300143768-003

de Madariaga, Isabel. "Foreword" In Ivan the Terrible, x-xix. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300143768-003

de Madariaga I. Foreword. In: Ivan the Terrible. New Haven: Yale University Press; 2008. p.x-xix. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300143768-003

Copied to clipboard

You are currently not able to access this content.

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Illustrations vii
Maps ix
Foreword x
Acknowledgements xx
Chapter I: The Historical Background 1
Chapter II: The Reign of Vasily III 23
Chapter III: Ivan’s Birth, Childhood, Adolescence, Coronation and Marriage 39
Chapter IV: The Era of Aleksei Adashev 60
Chapter V: The ‘Government of Compromise’ 75
Chapter VI: The Conquest of Kazan’ 92
Chapter VII: The Dynastic Crisis of 1553: Domestic and Military Policy, and the Arrival of the English 107
Chapter VIII: The War in Livonia and the End of the ‘Chosen Council’ 123
Chapter IX: The Death of Anastasia, and Ivan’s Second Marriage 142
Chapter X: Tsar Ivan and Prince Andrei Kurbsky 158
Chapter XI: The Setting Up of the Oprichnina 174
Chapter XII: War in Livonia and the Zemskii Sobor of 1566 189
Chapter XIII: The Boyar Plot: 1) the Letters to King Sigismund 206
Chapter XIV: The Boyar Plot: 2) the Executions of Ivan Fedorov, Metropolitan Filipp and Vladimir of Staritsa 225
Chapter XV: Armageddon 242
Chapter XVI: Foreign Policy and the Tatar Invasions 261
Chapter XVII: The End of the Oprichnina, and the Succession to the Polish-Lithuanian Crown 278
Chapter XVIII: Grand Prince Simeon Bekbulatovich 298
Chapter XIX: Peace Negotiations 317
Chapter XX: The Truce of Yam Zapol’sky 334
Chapter XXI: The Death of Ivan 351
Chapter XXII: Ivan’s Legacy to Russia 367
Abbreviations 383
Notes 385
Brief Glossary 451
Select Bibliography 452
Index 469

Search book Search the content of this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Illustrations vii
Maps ix
Foreword x
Acknowledgements xx
Chapter I: The Historical Background 1
Chapter II: The Reign of Vasily III 23
Chapter III: Ivan’s Birth, Childhood, Adolescence, Coronation and Marriage 39
Chapter IV: The Era of Aleksei Adashev 60
Chapter V: The ‘Government of Compromise’ 75
Chapter VI: The Conquest of Kazan’ 92
Chapter VII: The Dynastic Crisis of 1553: Domestic and Military Policy, and the Arrival of the English 107
Chapter VIII: The War in Livonia and the End of the ‘Chosen Council’ 123
Chapter IX: The Death of Anastasia, and Ivan’s Second Marriage 142
Chapter X: Tsar Ivan and Prince Andrei Kurbsky 158
Chapter XI: The Setting Up of the Oprichnina 174
Chapter XII: War in Livonia and the Zemskii Sobor of 1566 189
Chapter XIII: The Boyar Plot: 1) the Letters to King Sigismund 206
Chapter XIV: The Boyar Plot: 2) the Executions of Ivan Fedorov, Metropolitan Filipp and Vladimir of Staritsa 225
Chapter XV: Armageddon 242
Chapter XVI: Foreign Policy and the Tatar Invasions 261
Chapter XVII: The End of the Oprichnina, and the Succession to the Polish-Lithuanian Crown 278
Chapter XVIII: Grand Prince Simeon Bekbulatovich 298
Chapter XIX: Peace Negotiations 317
Chapter XX: The Truce of Yam Zapol’sky 334
Chapter XXI: The Death of Ivan 351
Chapter XXII: Ivan’s Legacy to Russia 367
Abbreviations 383
Notes 385
Brief Glossary 451
Select Bibliography 452
Index 469