Modernizing Muscovy
First Published in 2004. Modernizing Muscovy is a comprehensive account of seventeenth-century
Russian history. It rejects the traditional interpretation of this era as the twilight
of the Russian Middle Ages. By revealing important instances of dynamic
change in the late Muscovite state, economy, and society, the book demonstrates
the crucial importance of pre-Petrine reform in Russia’s transitio...
First Published in 2004. Modernizing Muscovy is a comprehensive account of seventeenth-century
Russian history. It rejects the traditional interpretation of this era as the twilight
of the Russian Middle Ages. By revealing important instances of dynamic
change in the late Muscovite state, economy, and society, the book demonstrates
the crucial importance of pre-Petrine reform in Russia’s transitio...
