Publication

1999 - Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivebyhonorbound00nanc
  • ISBN-100801434351
  • ISBN-139780801434358
  • Goodreads1682318
  • Library of Congress Control Number99013343
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC345.47/0256
  • LCCKLA285.H65 K65 1999

Description

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Russians from all ranks of society were bound together by a culture of honor. In this book, one of the foremost scholars of early modern Russia explores the intricate and highly stylized codes that made up this culture. Drawing on a rich array of archival and published sources, Nancy Shields Kollmann describes how these codes were manipulated to construct identity and enforce social norms - and also to defend against insults, to pursue vendettas, and generally to unsettle communities. She offers compelling evidence for a new view of the relationship of state and society in the Russian empire, and her richly comparative approach enhances knowledge of statebuilding in premodern Europe.

Subjects

Topics

HonorHistoryCourts of honorLibel and slanderHonor -- Russia -- HistorySoviet union, history, to 1689Soviet union, social conditions

Places

Other Editions

  • By honor boundCornell University Press1999

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