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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
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