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Record Nr.

UNISA996496562203316

Autore

Witzenrath Christoph

Titolo

The Russian Empire, Slaving and Liberation, 1480–1725 : Trans-Cultural Worldviews in Eurasia / / Christoph Witzenrath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

3-11-069643-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 301 p.)

Collana

Dependency and Slavery Studies , , 2701-1127 ; ; 4

Soggetti

HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Trade Routes and Slaving Zones in Eurasia. Empire, Ideology and Framing Legitimate Human Merchandise -- Chapter 2 The Conquest of Kazan -- Chapter 3 Redemption, Ritual and Exodus -- Chapter 4 Spreading Liberation Ideas -- Chapter 5 Slavery, Ransom and Loyalty in Muscovy -- Chapter 6 Slavery and Empire -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The monograph realigns political culture and countermeasures against slave raids, which increased during the breakup of the Golden Horde. By physical defense of the open steppe border and by embracing the New Israel symbolism in which the exodus from slavery in Egypt prefigures the exodus of Russian captives from Tatar captivity, Muscovites found a defensive model to expand empire. Recent scholarly debates on slaving are innovatively applied to Russian and imperial history, challenging entrenched perceptions of Muscovy.