Afanasii Shchapov and the significance of religious dissent in Imperial Russia, 1848-70 / / Thomas Marsden

• Autore: Marsden Thomas <1983->
• Pubblicazione: Stuttgart : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (104 p.)
• Disciplina: 947.007202
• Soggetto topico: Historians - Russia; Old Believers - Russia - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Russia Church history 1801-1917
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-102).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""I Introduction""; ""II The Raskol and Revolution""; ""III Society of the Raskol""; ""IV The Raskolâ€?nik as the â€?Otherâ€?""; ""V Conclusion""; ""VI Bibliography""
• Sommario/riassunto: In the 1650s and 1660s, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Nikon, carried out a series of reforms which were rejected by a large number of the faithful. The split that resulted, the Great Schism or raskol, led a large proportion of the Russian population to become completely isolated from the official church. Known as raskol'niki, they were seen as stubborn opponents of both church and government and were fiercely persecuted. Two centuries later amidst peasant protests, revolutionary conspiracies and government paranoia, Russia's religious dissenters were again at the forefront
• Titolo autorizzato: Afanasii Shchapov and the significance of religious dissent in Imperial Russia, 1848-70
• ISBN: 3-8382-5862-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463971303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II