Modernizing Muscovy

First Published in 2004. Modernizing Muscovy is a comprehensive account of seventeenth-centurRussian history. It rejects the traditional interpretation of this era as the twilighof the Russian Middle Ages. By revealing important instances of dynamichange in the late Muscovite state, economy, and society, the book demonstratethe crucial importance of pre-Petrine reform in Russia’s transition to one of thgreat powers of the world. The book’s broad scope makes it a veritablencyclopaedia of late Muscovite history. It both synthesizes previous scholarshiand breaks new ground in many important areas.