The Kurbskii-Groznyi Apocrypha : : the 17th-Century Genesis of the "Correspondence" Attributed to Prince A. M. Kurbskii and Tsar Ivan IV / / Edward L. Keenan.

For centuries the exchange of letters between Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584) and Prince Kurbskii, Muscovy's first notable defector, has been considered an authentic and important source for sixteenth-century Russian history. The Ivan portrayed in these letters has dominated posterity's perc...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Reprint 2014
Language:English
Series:Russian Research Center Studies ; 66
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Physical Description:1 online resource (241 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Manuscript Evidence
  • 2. The Textual History of Kurbskii’s First Letter
  • 3. The Pseudo-Ivan and the Pseudo-Kurbskii?
  • 4. The Growth of the Correspondence
  • Afterword
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I
  • Appendix II. Stemmata
  • Appendix III. Critical Text of Kurbskii’s First Letter
  • Appendix IV. Texts
  • Appendix V. Genealogy and Curriculum Vitae of Semen Shakhovskoi
  • Notes. Bibliography. List of Manuscripts Cited. Index
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • List of Manuscripts Cited
  • Index