The "Domostroi" : : Rules for Russian Households in the Time of Ivan the Terrible / / 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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (278 p.) :; 10 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Domostroi
  • Appendix: Contents of Manuscripts
  • Glossary
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Printed Editions of the Domostroi
  • Index