{"product_id":"aristocrats-and-servitors-the-boyar-elite-in-russia-16131689-9780691613185","title":"Aristocrats and Servitors  The Boyar Elite in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert O. Crummey uses the methods of collective biography to provide the first modern study of the elite group that dominated Russian government and society in the seventeenth century--the members of the Boyar Duma or royal council between 1613 and 1689. This book examines their careers in governmental service, their position in networks of family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*FrontMatter, pg. i*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. xi*TABLES AND DIAGRAM, pg. xiii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. The Boyar Elite, pg. 12*CHAPTER II. Servitors, pg. 34*CHAPTER III. Family and Marriage, pg. 65*CHAPTER IV. Politics, Parties, and Patronage, pg. 82*CHAPTER V. Landlords, pg. 107*CHAPTER VI. Courtiers and Christians, pg. 135*CONCLUSIONS AND COMPARISONS, pg. 164*APPENDIX A. The Membership of the Boyar Duma* 1613 -1690, pg. 175*APPENDIX B. The Members of the Boyar Duma, 1613-1713, pg. 178*APPENDIX C. The Boyar Duma in the Seventeenth Century: Controversies, pg. 215*NOTES, pg. 221*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 261*INDEX, pg. 287","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403960754519,"sku":"9780691613185","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691613185.jpg?v=1730485004","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aristocrats-and-servitors-the-boyar-elite-in-russia-16131689-9780691613185","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}