Maureen Perrie is Emeritus Professor of Russian History at the University of Birmingham. She has published extensively on Russian history from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Her publications include Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia: the False Tsars of the Time of Troubles (1995) and The Cult of Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia (2001).

• 1. Introduction Maureen Perrie; 2. Russia's geographical environment Denis J. B. Shaw; Part I. Early Rus' and the Rise of Muscovy (c.900–1462): 3. The origins of Rus' (c.900–1015) Jonathan Shepard; 4. Kievan Rus' (1015–1125) Simon Franklin; 5. The Rus' principalities (1125–1246) Martin Dimnik; 6. North-eastern Russia and the Golden Horde (1246–1359) Janet Martin; 7. The emergence of Moscow (1359–1462) Janet Martin; 8. Medieval Novgorod V. L. Ianin; Part II. The Expansion, Consolidation and Crisis of Muscovy (1462–1613): 9. The growth of Muscovy (1462–1533) Donald Ostrowski; 10. Ivan IV (1533–84) Sergei Bogatyrev; 11. Fedor Ivanovich and Boris Godunov (1584–1605) A. P. Pavlov; 12. The peasantry Richard Hellie; 13. Towns and commerce Denis J. B. Shaw; 14. The non-Christian peoples on the Muscovite frontier Michael Khodarkovsky; 15. The Orthodox Church David B. Miller; 16. The law Richard Hellie; 17. Political ideas and rituals Michael S. Flier; 18. The Time of Troubles (1603–13) Maureen Perrie; Part III. Russia under the First Romanovs (1613–89): 19. The central government and its institutions Marshall Poe; 20. Local government and administration Brian Davies; 21. Muscovy at war and peace Brian Davies; 22. Non-Russian subjects Michael Khodarkovsky; 23. The economy, trade and serfdom Richard Hellie; 24. Law and society Nancy Shields Kollmann; 25. Urban developments Denis J. B. Shaw; 26. Popular revolts Maureen Perrie; 27. The Orthodox Church and the Schism Robert O. Crummey; 28. Cultural and intellectual life Lindsey Hughes; Bibliography.

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