Rules for Russian Households in the Time of Ivan the Terrible
by
Carolyn Johnston Pouncy
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2014
A manual on household management, the Domostroi is one of the few sources on the social history and secular life of Russia in the time of Ivan the Terrible. It depicts a society that prized religious orthodoxy, reliance on tradition, and absolute subordination of the individual to the family and the...