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

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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

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