{"product_id":"pretenders-and-popular-monarchism-in-early-modern-russia-the-false-tsars-of-the-time-and-troubles-paperback-9780521891011","title":"Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia; The False Tsars of the Time and Troubles (Paperback) 9780521891011","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe False Tsars of the Time and Troubles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first western account of the role of pretenders and impostors in early seventeenth-century Russia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaureen Perrie (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521891011, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 April 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 3 b\/w illus.  4 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Perrie has written a detailed history of misadventures and a useful that exaggerate the virtues of the simple peasants.\"    Charles A. Ruud, Canadian Jrnl of History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMore than a dozen pretenders appeared in Russia in the early seventeenth century, during the period of civil strife and foreign invasion known as the Time of Troubles. The most successful of these was the First False Dimitry, who occupied the throne in 1605–6; he was followed by Second and Third False Dimitrys, and by various other impostors. Maureen Perrie traces the careers of these pretenders and offers explanations of their success. She argues that support for the false tsars and tsareviches was influenced not only by the ingenious tales they told to justify their claims, but also by religious-miraculous notions of Christ-like rulers risen from the dead, and by 'popular monarchist' views of the true tsar as the scourge of the boyars. Her conclusion draws comparisons and contrasts between the Russian pretenders and royal impostors who appeared elsewhere in early modern Europe.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Tsarevich Dimitry and Boris Godunov\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The First False Dimitry\u003cbr\u003e 1. The fugitive monk\u003cbr\u003e 2. The campaign for the crown\u003cbr\u003e 3. The pretender on the throne\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Rebels in the Name of Tsar Dimitry: 4. Tsar Dimitry Lives!\u003cbr\u003e 5. The uprising continues\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Final Stages of the Troubles: 6. The Second False Dimitry: from Starodub to Tushino\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Second False Dimitry: Tushino and Kaluga\u003cbr\u003e 8. Tsarevich Ivan Dimitrievich\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: After the Troubles: Pretence in the Later Seventeenth Century\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913287098648,"sku":"9780521891011","price":37.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521891011i_95305061-c2b5-4c40-8be9-1e5b9f58927f.jpg?v=1691358933","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/pretenders-and-popular-monarchism-in-early-modern-russia-the-false-tsars-of-the-time-and-troubles-paperback-9780521891011","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}