This volume presents results on the Russian autocracy during the 'Time of Troubles' 1598-1613 and places the power relations in Muscovy in an intercultural context. The 'Time of Troubles' as an epoch of a deep dynastic and social crisis is illuminated not only from a historical but also from a climatological as well as from the perspective of German-language eyewitness accounts. The phenomenon of Moscow autocracy is compared to autocratic rule in China. Extensive descriptions - including the examples of Boris Godunov and ...
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This volume presents results on the Russian autocracy during the 'Time of Troubles' 1598-1613 and places the power relations in Muscovy in an intercultural context. The 'Time of Troubles' as an epoch of a deep dynastic and social crisis is illuminated not only from a historical but also from a climatological as well as from the perspective of German-language eyewitness accounts. The phenomenon of Moscow autocracy is compared to autocratic rule in China. Extensive descriptions - including the examples of Boris Godunov and the Swedish prince Karl Filip - explain the strategies of empowerment that moved between the ancient Russian tradition of the Starina and the proclamation of power.
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