Description
Book SynopsisA pivotal period in Russian history, the Time of Troubles in the early seventeenth century has taken on new resonance in the country's post-Soviet search for new national narratives. This title provides comprehensive study of the church during the Troubles.
Trade ReviewIsaiah Gruber's book is a useful addition to the growing English-language literature on the 'Time of Troubles' of the early seventeenth century.
* Canadian-American Slavic Studies *
Isaiah Gruber has produced a fascinating study. It shows the importance of both the institutional and ideological power of the Church in Russia at this time and, despite the anti-Semitic tenor of much of Russian life in this period, the importance of the Jewish lineage for official discourse. It is an important addition to our understanding of the time of troubles and, through that, to the way both societies and institutions handle crisis.
* Australian Journal of Jewish Studies *
Gruber's book is an important contribution to understanding the relations between ideology and pragmatism in the Russian church elite's pursuit of power.
* Slavic Review *
An important and welcome addition to our ever-growing knowledge about the varieties of Russian Orthodoxy.
* Slavonica *
Gruber's book provides an excellent window on a seldom-researched subject and certainly contributes considerably to the historiography already extant on the Time of Troubles. It is also highly pertinent to the situation in contemporary Russia.
* European History Quarterly *
Isaiah Gruber's new book offers a lively account and an exciting analysis of Russia's 'Time of Troubles,' 1598–1613-a period of dynastic collapse, social upheaval, and foreign invasion... Gruber has written a riveting and original account of a fascinating time.
* American Catholic Historical Review *
