Orthodox Russia in Crisis : : Church and Nation in the Time of Troubles / / Isaiah Gruber.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Gruber, Isaiah,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: NIU Series in Orthodox Christian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (311 p.) :; 10 halftones

A pivotal period in Russian history, the Time of Troubles in the early seventeenth century has taken on new resonance in the country's post-Soviet search for new national narratives. The historical role of the Orthodox Church has emerged as a key theme in contemporary remembrances of this time—but what precisely was that role?The first comprehensive study of the Church during the Troubles, Orthodox Russia in Crisis reconstructs this tumultuous time, offering new interpretations of familiar episodes while delving deep into the archives to uncover a much fuller picture of the era. Analyzing these sources, Isaiah Gruber argues that the business activity of monasteries played a significant role in the origins and course of the Troubles and that frequent changes in power forced Church ideologues to innovate politically, for example inventing new justifications for power to be granted to the people and to royal women. These new ideas, Gruber contends, ultimately helped bring about a new age in Russian spiritual life and a crystallization of the national mentality.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction Troubles, Then and Now -- 1. Russia as "Israel" The Muscovite Church-State -- 2. Profit and Piety Russian Orthodox Monasteries as Economic Corporations -- 3. Vox Dei, Vox Populi, and Vox Feminae Delaying the Crisis of Legitimacy in 1598 -- 4. In Hunger and Pain The Response of the Church to Famine and Civil Warfare -- 5. A House Divided Russian Orthodoxy under Vasilii IV and Dmitrii II -- 6. Death and Resurrection The Apex and End of the Smuta -- 7. In Retrospect Russian Orthodoxy in the Time ofTroubles and Beyond -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index