Medievalists.net » Ivan the Terrible http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Ivan the Terrible: Centralization in Sixteenth Century Muscovy http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/ivan-the-terrible-centralization-in-sixteenth-century-muscovy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/ivan-the-terrible-centralization-in-sixteenth-century-muscovy/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:53:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46131 From 1565-1572, the Oprichnina was a land within Muscovy of Ivanís choosing where he alone held sole power. The Zemschina was the remaining portion of Muscovy that was governed by the state administration.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/ivan-the-terrible-centralization-in-sixteenth-century-muscovy/feed/ 0 The lure of the Kremlin: the court of Ivan the Terrible and global networks in the sixteenth century http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/23/the-lure-of-the-kremlin-the-court-of-ivan-the-terrible-and-global-networks-in-the-sixteenth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/23/the-lure-of-the-kremlin-the-court-of-ivan-the-terrible-and-global-networks-in-the-sixteenth-century/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:44:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35077 This lecture will demonstrate that the court of Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584) and other tsars was actually a focus point of exchange in technology, commodities and ideas with both the East and the West,

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/23/the-lure-of-the-kremlin-the-court-of-ivan-the-terrible-and-global-networks-in-the-sixteenth-century/feed/ 0 IVAN IV: A MACHIAVELLIAN TSAR http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/23/ivan-iv-a-machiavellian-tsar/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/23/ivan-iv-a-machiavellian-tsar/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:57:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=15802 IVAN IV: A MACHIAVELLIAN TSAR Carswell, Robyn E. Historia, Vol.15 (2006) Abstract Dating back to Riurik, Russia has always had strong leaders who stopped at nothing to ensure the success of the throne. With a couple of noted exceptions, the rulers had the luxury of growing up witnessing the rule of their fathers. Ivan IV had no […]

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