Catherine the Great - Madariaga Isabel de
Catherine the Great - Madariaga Isabel de Ivan IV, 'the Terrible' (1533-1584) is one of the key figures in Russian history, yet he has remained among the most neglected. This is the first attempt to…
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Catherine the Great - Madariaga Isabel de
Ivan IV, 'the Terrible' (1533-1584) is one of the key figures in Russian history, yet he has remained among the most neglected. This is the first attempt to write a biography of Ivan from birth to death, to study his policies, his marriages, his atrocities, his disordered personality, and to link them as a coherent whole. Notorious for pioneering a policy of unrestrained terror - and for killing his own son - he has been credited with establishing autocracy in Russia.
And, with revealing comparisons with English, Spanish and other European courts, she sets him within the international context of his time. Isable de Madariaga situates Ivan within the background of Russian political developments in the sixteenth century. The biography includes a new account of the role of astrology and magic at Ivan's court, and provides fresh insights into his foreign policy.
Facing up to problems of authenticity (much of Ivan's archive was destroyed by fire in 1626) and controversies which have paralysed western scholarship, de Madariaga seeks to present Russia as viewed from the Kremlin rather than from abroad and comprehend the full tragedy of Ivan's reign.
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