| Week 1: Primary Issues of the Course | | 1 | Introduction: Geography, Sources, Background | | | 2 | The Origins of Rus' | Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. "East Slavs and Kievan Rus'". In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 3-11.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. "Varangians". In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991. Pp. 6-9.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. "Viking Influences". In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 14-20 and 11-13.
Gilbert, Martin. Atlas of Russian History. Routledge, 2002, Pp. 1-14. | | Week 2: Rise of Kievan Rus' | | 3 | The Rise of the Kievan State, 10th-11th centuries | Dmytryshyn, Basil. "Byzantine Relations, Olga, Sviatoslav." 3rd ed. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991. Pp. 9-30; "The Struggles of 976-980." Pp. 47-49. (up to "Vladimir then began to reign alone in Kiev".)
Martin, Janet. "Vladimir I (980-1015)". In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. 1-20.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. "Conversion to Christianity". In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 60-71. | | 4 | The State Structure of Kievan Rus', 11th-12th c.'s | Martin, Janet. "Princes & Politics (1015-1125)." In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, pp. 21-56.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. "City-state". In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, pp. 30-37.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. "Struggles," (pp. 49-64), and "Testament," (pp. 65-72). In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991. | | Week 3: Kievan Civilization | | 5 | Economics and Society in Kievan Rus' | Martin, Janet. "Kievan Rus' Society." In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. 57-89.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. "Russkaia Pravda, Economy, and Society". In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 26-29, 38-44 and 49-54. | | Week 4: The Decline of Kievan Rus' | | 6 | Succession Struggles | Martin, Janet. "The Final Century [1139-1237]." In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. 90-133.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. "Andrei Bogoliubskii," (pp. 72-76), and "Host of Igor," (pp. 77-92). In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991. | | 7 | Novgorod, Galycia-Volynia, and Kievan Foreign Affairs | Martin, Janet. In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. 124-133.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991. Pp. 114-132.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 44-48, 54-59 and 71-87. | | Week 5: The Golden Horde | | 8 | Mongol Conquest | Martin, Janet. In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 134-57.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 146-70.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 99-102. | | 9 | The Russian Lands within the Golden Horde | Martin, Janet. In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 158-98
Dmytryshyn, Basil. "Mongol Rule and the Orthodox Church," (pp. 174-77), and "Resistance to the Mongols," (pp. 177-82). In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. "Ideology of Silence." In Reinterpreting Russian History. Pp. 104-7. | | Week 6: The Rise of Muscovy | | 10 | The Rise of the Daniilovichi | Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 199-235.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 190-202.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. "Dmitrii Donskoi," (pp. 87-90), and "Andrei Rublev," (pp. 140-45). In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. | | 11 | Unification and Centralization | Martin, Janet. (1425-1533). In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 236-266.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 237-43, 259-61 (Contarini, Filofei).
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. "Statebuilding." In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 103-4; Annexation, pp. 90-99. | | Week 7: Muscovy at its Height | | 12 | Domestic Life in Muscovy | Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 267-301.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 221-22 and 243-58 (Sudebnik).
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 114-22 (judgment charters). | | 13 | Ivan the Terrible | Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 327-47 (top).
Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 276-305. | | Week 8: The Government of Ivan the Terrible | | 14 | Government and Politics | Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 347-371.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 305-321 (optional to p. 325).
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 150-171. | | 15 | Community and Law | Dewey, Horace W., and Ann M. Kleimola. "Suretyship and Collective Responsibility in Pre-Petrine Russia." Jahrbucher fur Geschichte Osteuropas 18 (1970): 337-354.
Dewey, H.M. and Ann M. Kleimola, Russian Private Law. Ann Arbor: Michigan Slavic Materials, 1973, Pp. 19-22 and 245-248.
Dewey, H.M., Muscovite Judicial Texts. Ann Arbor: Michigan Slavic Materials, 1966, Pp. 33-4.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 172-76 and 183-92 (slavery, boyars, women).
Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 325-332 (Possevino). | | Week 9: The Time of Troubles and its Aftermath | | 16 | The Time of Troubles | Kliuchevsky, V. O. In A Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 3-68.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 355-359 and 372-78. | | 17 | Reconstruction and the First Romanovs | Kliuchevsky, V. O. In A Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 69-94.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 399-425 (Olearius). | | Week 10: The Seventeenth Century | | 18 | Law and Society | Kliuchevsky, V. O. In A Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 136-99. Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 221-222, 255 (art. 57), 372-375, 425-441 and 460-61. | | 19 | Social Critics | Kliuchevsky, V. O. In Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 255-301.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 451-59 and 461-470 (Kotoshikhin, Krizhanich). | | Week 11: Culture and Change in the Late Seventeenth Century | | 20 | The Church and the Schism | Cherniavsky, Michael. "The Old Believers and the New Religion." Pp. 140-185.
Kliuchevsky, V. O. In Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 302-41.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 479-488 (Avvakum). | | 21 | Peter the Great: Personality and Challenges | Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993, pp. 13-40 and 70-94.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 268-85. | | Week 12: Peter the Great in Power | | 22 | Peter the Great: Taxes and Serfdom | Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 143-83.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 290-311. | | 23 | 18th Century Government and Politics | Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 184-202.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 226-29, 232-41, 246-50, 312-21 and 325-33. | | Week 13: Life in the Eighteenth Century | | 24 | Religion and Social Order | Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 203-43.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 334-350. | | 25 | Everyday Life | Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, Pp. 351-79.
Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 497-503. | | Week 14: Eighteenth-Century Politics and Culture | | 26 | Peter the Great's Heritage | Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 267-98.
Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 386-414. | | 27 | Review | |
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