1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990006004840203316

Autore

KALDELLIS, Antony

Titolo

Ethnography after antiquity : foreign lands and peoples in Byzantine literature / Anthony Kaldellis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania press, 2013

ISBN

978-0-8122-4531-8

Descrizione fisica

X, 275 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Empire and after

Disciplina

880.9002

Soggetti

Etnologia - Impero d'Oriente

Collocazione

V.2.B. 105

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828530403321

Autore

Black J. L (Joseph Laurence), <1937->

Titolo

Nicholas Karamzin and Russian society in the nineteenth century : a study in Russian political and historical thought / / J. L. Black

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1975

©1975

ISBN

1-4426-3375-1

1-4426-3207-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

947/.07/0924

Soggetti

Political science - Russia - History - 19th century

History

Electronic books.

Russia Historiography

Russia History 1801-1917

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Transliteration and System of Citing Dates -- Introduction -- I. Creative Writer to Historian 1766 -1800 -- 2. The Sage and Political Pundit 1800 - 3 -- 3. Historian and Man at Court: Karamzin and Russian Society 1803 - 26 -- 4. The History: Textbook for Emperors and Citizens -- 5. The History and Russian Society in the Nineteenth Century -- 6. Karamzin and 'Statist' Thought in Nineteenth-Century Russian Historical Writing -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary of Russian Terms -- Select Bibliography -- Karamzin's Works: English Translations -- Appendix -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Nicholas Karamzin (1766–1826) was a remarkably active thinker and writer during a time that was trying to all Europeans. A first-hand witness to the French Revolution, Napoleonic suzerainty over Europe, the burning of Moscow, and the Decembrist revolt in St. Petersburg, he presented in his voluminous correspondence and published writings a



world view that recognized the weaknesses of the Russian Empire and at the same time foresaw the dangers of both radical change and rigid autocracy. Russian conservatism owes much to this man, even though he would have agreed with very few of those who came after him and were called conservative: he supported autocracy, but was committed to enlightenment; he abhorred constitutions. The fact that his writing had lasting significance has rarely been challenged, but the social and political nature of that contribution has never before been demonstrated. Previous studies of Karamzin have dealt with his literary career. This monograph focuses on the final third of his life, on his career at court (1816–26) and on the cultural heritage he left to the Russian Empire. As the historian of Russia most widely read by his and later generations, his historical interpretations mirrored and helped shape the image Russians had of themselves. Professor Black’s study of Karamzin is crucial to any examination of Russia’s enlightenment, conservatism, historical writing, and national self-consciousness.