Modernizing Muscovy

First Published in 2004. Modernizing Muscovy is a comprehensive account of seventeenth-century<br/>Russian history. It rejects the traditional interpretation of this era as the twilight<br/>of the Russian Middle Ages. By revealing important instances of dynamic<br/>change in the late Muscovite state economy and society the book demonstrates<br/>the crucial importance of pre-Petrine reform in Russia's transition to one of the<br/>great powers of the world. The book's broad scope makes it a veritable<br/>encyclopaedia of late Muscovite history. It both synthesizes previous scholarship<br/>and breaks new ground in many important areas.