Ivan the Terrible : first tsar of Russia / Isabel de Madariaga.

Author/creator Madariaga, Isabel de
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, 2005.
Descriptionxxi, 484 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584.
Russia--Kings and rulers. --Biography.
Russia--History. --Ivan IV, 1533-1584.

Contents The historical background -- The reign of Vasily III -- Ivan's birth, childhood, adolescence, coronation and marriage -- The era of Aleksei Adashev -- The 'government of compromise' -- The conquest of Kazan' -- The dynastic crisis of 1553: domestic and military policy, and the arrival of the English -- The war in Livonia and the end of the 'chosen council' -- The death of Anastasia, and Ivan's second marriage -- Tsar Ivan and Prince Andrei Kurbsky -- The setting up of the Oprichnina -- War in Livonia and the Zemskii Sobor of 1566 -- The Boyar plot: 1) the letters to King Sigismund -- The Boyar plot: 2) the executions of Ivan Fedorov, Metropolitan Filipp and Vladimir of Staritsa -- Armageddon -- Foreign policy and the tatar invasions -- The end of the Oprichnina, and the succession to the Polish-Lithuanian crown -- Grand Prince Simeon Bekbulatovich -- Peace negotiations -- The truce of Iam Zapol'sky -- The death of Ivan -- Ivan's legacy to Russia.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [452]-468) and index.
LCCN 2004029807
ISBN0300097573 (cl. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DK106 .D4 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold