Ivan the Terrible : first tsar of Russia /
Madariaga, Isabel de, 1919-
Ivan the Terrible : first tsar of Russia / Isabel de Madariaga. - New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, 2005. - xxi, 484 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [452]-468) and index.
The historical background -- The reign of Vasily III -- Ivan's birth, childhood, adolescence, coronation and marriage -- The era of Aleksei Adashev -- The 'government of compromise' -- The conquest of Kazan' -- The dynastic crisis of 1553: domestic and military policy, and the arrival of the English -- The war in Livonia and the end of the 'chosen council' -- The death of Anastasia, and Ivan's second marriage -- Tsar Ivan and Prince Andrei Kurbsky -- The setting up of the Oprichnina -- War in Livonia and the Zemskii Sobor of 1566 -- The Boyar plot: 1) the letters to King Sigismund -- The Boyar plot: 2) the executions of Ivan Fedorov, Metropolitan Filipp and Vladimir of Staritsa -- Armageddon -- Foreign policy and the tatar invasions -- The end of the Oprichnina, and the succession to the Polish-Lithuanian crown -- Grand Prince Simeon Bekbulatovich -- Peace negotiations -- The truce of Iam Zapol'sky -- The death of Ivan -- Ivan's legacy to Russia.
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2004029807
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Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584.
Russia--History--Ivan IV, 1533-1584.
Russia--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Ivan the Terrible : first tsar of Russia / Isabel de Madariaga. - New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, 2005. - xxi, 484 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [452]-468) and index.
The historical background -- The reign of Vasily III -- Ivan's birth, childhood, adolescence, coronation and marriage -- The era of Aleksei Adashev -- The 'government of compromise' -- The conquest of Kazan' -- The dynastic crisis of 1553: domestic and military policy, and the arrival of the English -- The war in Livonia and the end of the 'chosen council' -- The death of Anastasia, and Ivan's second marriage -- Tsar Ivan and Prince Andrei Kurbsky -- The setting up of the Oprichnina -- War in Livonia and the Zemskii Sobor of 1566 -- The Boyar plot: 1) the letters to King Sigismund -- The Boyar plot: 2) the executions of Ivan Fedorov, Metropolitan Filipp and Vladimir of Staritsa -- Armageddon -- Foreign policy and the tatar invasions -- The end of the Oprichnina, and the succession to the Polish-Lithuanian crown -- Grand Prince Simeon Bekbulatovich -- Peace negotiations -- The truce of Iam Zapol'sky -- The death of Ivan -- Ivan's legacy to Russia.
0300097573 (cl. : alk. paper)
2004029807
GBA504115 bnb
013085309 Uk
Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584.
Russia--History--Ivan IV, 1533-1584.
Russia--Kings and rulers--Biography.