The Making of Russia in the Worlds of Byzantium, Mongolia, and Europe

Readings

LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
Week 1: Primary Issues of the Course
1	Introduction: Geography, Sources, Background
2	The Origins of Rus'	Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “East Slavs and Kievan Rus’”. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 3-11. Dmytryshyn, Basil. “Varangians”. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. 1991. Pp. 6-9. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “Viking Influences”. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 14-20 and 11-13. Gilbert, Martin. Atlas of Russian History. Routledge, 2002, Pp. 1-14.
Week 2: Rise of Kievan Rus’
3	The Rise of the Kievan State, 10th-11th centuries	Dmytryshyn, Basil. “Byzantine Relations, Olga, Sviatoslav.” 3rd ed. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. 1991. Pp. 9-30; “The Struggles of 976-980.” Pp. 47-49. (up to “Vladimir then began to reign alone in Kiev”.) Martin, Janet. “Vladimir I (980-1015)”. In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. 1-20. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “Conversion to Christianity”. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 60-71.
4	The State Structure of Kievan Rus’, 11th-12th c.’s	Martin, Janet. “Princes & Politics (1015-1125).” In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, pp. 21-56. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “City-state”. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, pp. 30-37. Dmytryshyn, Basil. “Struggles,” (pp. 49-64), and “Testament,” (pp. 65-72). In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. 1991.
Week 3: Kievan Civilization
5	Economics and Society in Kievan Rus'	Martin, Janet. “Kievan Rus’ Society.” In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. 57-89. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “Russkaia Pravda, Economy, and Society”. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 26-29, 38-44 and 49-54.
Week 4: The Decline of Kievan Rus’
6	Succession Struggles	Martin, Janet. “The Final Century [1139-1237].” In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. 90-133. Dmytryshyn, Basil. “Andrei Bogoliubskii,” (pp. 72-76), and “Host of Igor,” (pp. 77-92). In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991.
7	Novgorod, Galycia-Volynia, and Kievan Foreign Affairs	Martin, Janet. In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. 124-133. Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991. Pp. 114-132. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 44-48, 54-59 and 71-87.
Week 5: The Golden Horde
8	Mongol Conquest	Martin, Janet. In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 134-57. Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 146-70. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 99-102.
9	The Russian Lands within the Golden Horde	Martin, Janet. In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 158-98 Dmytryshyn, Basil. “Mongol Rule and the Orthodox Church,” (pp. 174-77), and “Resistance to the Mongols,” (pp. 177-82). In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “Ideology of Silence.” In Reinterpreting Russian History. Pp. 104-7.
Week 6: The Rise of Muscovy
10	The Rise of the Daniilovichi	Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 199-235. Dmytryshyn, Basil. Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 190-202. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “Dmitrii Donskoi,” (pp. 87-90), and “Andrei Rublev,” (pp. 140-45). In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
11	Unification and Centralization	Martin, Janet. (1425-1533). In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 236-266. Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 237-43, 259-61 (Contarini, Filofei). Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “Statebuilding.” In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 103-4; Annexation, pp. 90-99.
Week 7: Muscovy at its Height
12	Domestic Life in Muscovy	Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 267-301. Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 221-22 and 243-58 (Sudebnik). Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 114-22 (judgment charters).
13	Ivan the Terrible	Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 327-47 (top). Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 276-305.
Week 8: The Government of Ivan the Terrible
14	Government and Politics	Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 347-371. Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 305-321 (optional to p. 325). Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 150-171.
15	Community and Law	Dewey, Horace W., and Ann M. Kleimola. “Suretyship and Collective Responsibility in Pre-Petrine Russia.” Jahrbucher fur Geschichte Osteuropas 18 (1970): 337-354. Dewey, H.M. and Ann M. Kleimola, Russian Private Law. Ann Arbor: Michigan Slavic Materials, 1973, Pp. 19-22 and 245-248. Dewey, H.M., Muscovite Judicial Texts. Ann Arbor: Michigan Slavic Materials, 1966, Pp. 33-4. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 172-76 and 183-92 (slavery, boyars, women). Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 325-332 (Possevino).
Week 9: The Time of Troubles and its Aftermath
16	The Time of Troubles	Kliuchevsky, V. O. In A Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 3-68. Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 355-359 and 372-78.
17	Reconstruction and the First Romanovs	Kliuchevsky, V. O. In A Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 69-94. Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 399-425 (Olearius).
Week 10: The Seventeenth Century
18	Law and Society	Kliuchevsky, V. O. In A Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 136-99. Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 221-222, 255 (art. 57), 372-375, 425-441 and 460-61.
19	Social Critics	Kliuchevsky, V. O. In Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 255-301. Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 451-59 and 461-470 (Kotoshikhin, Krizhanich).
Week 11: Culture and Change in the Late Seventeenth Century
20	The Church and the Schism	Cherniavsky, Michael. “The Old Believers and the New Religion.” Pp. 140-185. Kliuchevsky, V. O. In Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 302-41. Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 479-488 (Avvakum).
21	Peter the Great: Personality and Challenges	Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993, pp. 13-40 and 70-94. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 268-85.
Week 12: Peter the Great in Power
22	Peter the Great: Taxes and Serfdom	Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 143-83. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 290-311.
23	18th Century Government and Politics	Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 184-202. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 226-29, 232-41, 246-50, 312-21 and 325-33.
Week 13: Life in the Eighteenth Century
24	Religion and Social Order	Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 203-43. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 334-350.
25	Everyday Life	Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, Pp. 351-79. Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 497-503.
Week 14: Eighteenth-Century Politics and Culture
26	Peter the Great’s Heritage	Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 267-98. Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 386-414.
27	Review