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Fearful majesty, the life and reign of Ivan the Terrible, Benson Bobrick

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Fearful majesty, the life and reign of Ivan the Terrible, Benson Bobrick

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eng

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Bibliography: p. [353]-364

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individual biography

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non fiction

Main title

Fearful majesty

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bibliography

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Benson Bobrick

Sub title

the life and reign of Ivan the Terrible

Table Of Contents

Part one: Muscovy -- The death of Vasily III -- The realm of Muscovy -- Interregnum -- The education of tsar -- Tsar Ivan IV -- The Glinskys -- The chosen council -- The first wave of reforms -- Part two: Empire -- Military affairs -- Kazan -- The crisis of 1553 -- Vassian Toporkov versus Maksim the Greek -- Art and heresy -- On to Astrakhan -- A hammer for Lapland -- "A thousand kingdoms we will seek from far" -- Hanseatic merchants and Red Cross knights -- The second wave of reforms -- "To subdue and conquere his enemies" -- The collapse of Livonia -- Turning point -- Sacrifices to Cronus -- Part three: Schism -- Satan's band -- English interlude -- The Zemsky Sobor of 1566 -- The tsar at chress with Elizabeth and Erik -- Conspiracies -- The martyr's crown -- The great messenger -- Muscovy's neighbors regroup -- The sack of Novgorod -- Faith and works -- The "evil empire" -- "A fearfull reveng and spectacle to al generacions" -- The battle of Molodi -- A medley of monarchs -- The enthronement of Simeon Bekbulatovich -- Part four: Demise -- Stefan Batory -- Polotsk and Veliky Luki -- Missio Moscovitica -- Pskov -- "Recall to Memory Constantine" -- Tsar and Jesuit debate the faith -- Aftermath -- Sir Jerome Bowes -- The conquest of Siberia -- Endgame

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