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By Honor Bound : State and Society in Early Modern Russia / / Nancy Shields Kollmann



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Autore: Kollmann Nancy Shields <1950-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: By Honor Bound : State and Society in Early Modern Russia / / Nancy Shields Kollmann Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cornell University Press, 1999
Ithaca, N.Y. : , : Cornell University Press, , 1999
©1999
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 pages)
Disciplina: 345.47/0256
Soggetto topico: Honor - Russia - History
Libel and slander - Russia - History
Courts of honor - Russia - History
Soggetto non controllato: Patriarchy
Muscovy
litigation
culture of honor
Muscovite
strategies of integration
absolutist state
European history
early modern Russia
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-287) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Terms and Abbreviations in Manuscript Citations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Cultural Concepts of Honor -- Chapter 2. Patriarchy in Practice -- Chapter 3. The Praxis of Honor -- Chapter 4. Honor in the Elite -- Chapter 5. Strategies of Integration in an Autocracy -- Chapter 6. Toward the Absolutist State -- Epilogue: The Endurance of Honor -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Russians from all ranks of society were bound together by a culture of honor. Here one of the foremost scholars of early modern Russia explores the intricate and highly stylized codes that made up this culture. Nancy Shields Kollmann describes how these codes were manipulated to construct identity and enforce social norms--and also to defend against insults, to pursue vendettas, and to unsettle communities. She offers evidence for a new view of the relationship of state and society in the Russian empire, and her richly comparative approach enhances knowledge of statebuilding in premodern Europe. By presenting Muscovite state and society in the context of medieval and early modern Europe, she exposes similarities that blur long-standing distinctions between Russian and European history.Through the prism of honor, Kollmann examines the interaction of the Russian state and its people in regulating social relations and defining an individual's rank. She finds vital information in a collection of transcripts of legal suits brought by elites and peasants alike to avenge insult to honor. The cases make clear the conservative role honor played in society as well as the ability of men and women to employ this body of ideas to address their relations with one another and with the state. Kollmann demonstrates that the grand princes-and later the tsars-tolerated a surprising degree of local autonomy throughout their rapidly expanding realm. Her work marks a stark contrast with traditional Russian historiography, which exaggerates the power of the state and downplays the volition of society.
Titolo autorizzato: By Honor Bound  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-5017-0695-0
1-5017-0696-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910136646603321
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