Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia: The False Tsars of the Time and Troubles Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia: The False Tsars of the Time and Troubles Book

This is the first scholarly account by a western historian of the Time of Troubles, the period of civil war and foreign invasion in early seventeenth-century Russia. The author focusses on the various pretenders or royal imposters who appeared at this time; she traces their careers and offers explanations of their success. Her analysis of the phenomenon of pretence illuminates popular perceptions of the monarchy in early modern Russia, and demonstrates how social protest could take the form of support for imposters claiming to be 'true tsar'.Read More

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  • 0521891019
  • 9780521891011
  • Maureen Perrie
  • 11 April 2002
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 288
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