Sophia, Regent of Russia, 1657-1704Yale University Press, 01.01.1990 - 345 Seiten Sophia Alekseevna, the half-sister of Peter the great, was the first woman to rule Russia. In 1682, following a dynastic crisis that left Russia without a mature male ruler, ten-year-old Peter and his mentally retarded brother Ivan were declared joint tsars with twenty-five year old Sophia as their regent. The regency survived for seven years until Sophia was ousted by Peter and dispatched to a convent for the last fifteen years of her life. This book not only offers a vivid portrayal of a remarkable woman but also sheds new light on an obscure and fascinating period of Russian history. |
Inhalt
List of Illustrations | |
Family Tree xiv | |
Russia in 1657 3 | |
Childhood and Youth 16571682 23 | |
The Rebellion of 1682 52 | |
The Inner Circle 91 | |
Domestic Policy 105 | |
Religious Affairs 120 | 6 |
Postscript 263 | 11 |
Notes 277 | 11 |
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19 | |
VERNACULAR HOUSING IN NORTH WEST ULSTER | 87 |
NORTH WEST ULSTER | 105 |
GLOSSARY | 509 |
535 | |
Culture i Art and Architecture 134 | 11 |
Foreign Affairs 179 | 11 |
Overthrown 1689 221 | 11 |
Back to Seclusion 16891704 242 | 11 |
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aedicule aisle Alekseevna Aleksei arcade arch architect architecture ashlar Baronscourt bawn bays bellcote block boyars brick building built castle Cathedral Catholic centre century chancel chapel classical columns corner cornice court cross Derry Donegal door E window early C19 eaves Enniskillen entrance façade Fedor five-bay flanked floor foreign four-bay front gable Georgian Golitsyn Gothic hall harled Ibid inside interior Ireland Irish istorii Ivan John Khovansky Kremlin La Neuville lancet Lough Lough Erne Matveev Medvedev mid c19 monastery Moscow Moscow Baroque mouldings Muscovite Naryshkin nave Neuville Novodevichy Convent octagonal palace PARISH CHURCH Patriarch pediment Peter pilasters porch PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Prince quoins regency roof round round-headed royal rubble ruins Russia sandstone side Sophia spire square St Petersburg stair stone storeys Street strel'tsy style three-bay three-storey tower town tracery transepts Tsar Tsarevna Tsaritsa two-storey Tyrone Ulster Vasily Golitsyn veka wall wing Y-tracery