Muscovy and the Mongols: Cross-Cultural Influences on the Steppe Frontier, 1304-1589The importance of the Mongols' impact on the Rus lands has been recognised by many scholars, but its precise nature and extent is very contentious. While diverse opinions exist on the origins and development of Muscovy, the author argues that no society arises ex nihilo and that Muscovy is no exception. Donald Ostrowski considers here the outside origins and influences, as well as indigenous origins and development, in order that the reader may gain a clearer understanding of Muscovy as a political entity, its political institutions and political culture. He shows that during the early period of Muscovy (1304-1448) the ecclesiastical and secular institutions were affected by two different outside influences, Byzantium and the Qipchaq Khanate, respectively. In considering these outside influences, he has set out to study Muscovy as an integral and important part of world history. |
Contents
understanding Muscovy | 1 |
Mongol influence whats what and whats not | 29 |
Setting the scene | 31 |
Administration political institutions and the military | 36 |
Seclusion of women | 64 |
Oriental despotism | 85 |
Economic oppression | 108 |
Development of an antiTatar ideology in the Muscovite Church | 133 |
Fashioning the khan into a basileus | 164 |
Byzantine political thought and Muscovy | 199 |
Third Rome delimiting the rulers power and authority | 219 |
The myth of the Tatar yoke | 244 |
types of crosscultural influences | 249 |
Glossary | 251 |
Chronology to 1589 | 254 |
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