The "Domostroi" : : Rules for Russian Households in the Time of Ivan the Terrible / / ed. by Carolyn Johnston Pouncy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• HerausgeberIn: Pouncy, Carolyn Johnston,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (278 p.) :; 10 halftones
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; The Domostroi --; Appendix: Contents of Manuscripts --; Glossary --; Suggestions for Further Reading --; Printed Editions of the Domostroi --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780801471674; 9783110606744
• DOI: 10.7591/9780801471674
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Carolyn Johnston Pouncy.

A manual on household management, the Domostroi is one of the few sources on the social history and secular life of Russia in the time of Ivan the Terrible. It depicts a society that prized religious orthodoxy, reliance on tradition, and absolute subordination of the individual to the family and the state. Specific instructions tell how to arrange hay, visit monasteries, distill vodka, treat servants, entertain clergy, cut out robes, and carry out many other daily activities. Carolyn Johnston Pouncy here offers, with an informative introduction, the first complete English translation.