Ch. 1. Cultural Concepts of Honor -- Ch. 2. Patriarchy in Practice -- Ch. 3. The Praxis of Honor -- Ch. 4. Honor in the Elite -- Ch. 5. Strategies of Integration in an Autocracy -- Ch. 6. Toward the Absolutist State -- Epilogue: The Endurance of Honor
Summary
"In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Russians from all ranks of society were bound together by a culture of honor. In this book, one of the foremost scholars of early modern Russia explores the intricate and highly stylized codes that made up this culture. Drawing on a rich array of archival and published sources, Nancy Shields Kollmann describes how these codes were manipulated to construct identity and enforce social norms - and also to defend against insults, to pursue vendettas, and generally to unsettle communities. She offers compelling evidence for a new view of the relationship of state and society in the Russian empire, and her richly comparative approach enhances knowledge of statebuilding in premodern Europe."-- Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-287) and index
