Modernizing Muscovy

<p>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.</p> Introduction; Background; The State and its Servants; The Economy; The Military and International Relations; Religion and Culture; The Arts and Sciences; Self and Society; Afterword