Russell E Martin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5661079 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Russell E Martin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Russell E |
| FAMILY NAME | Martin |
| SIGNATURE | MARTIN R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Westminster College USA New Wilmington, PA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 31 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Last Tsar
Prince Semën Shakhovskoi in the Archives
This article explores the nonliterary sources for the biography of Prince Semën Ivanovich Shakhovskoi (ca. 1585–1654 or 1655), one of the most prolific and accomplished Russian writers of the seventeenth century. Most attempts to understand Shakhovskoi’s thinking and life course rely on his vast literary corpus, including historical tales, liturgical services, prayers, and personal and diplomatic letters. But Shakhovskoi also had a long and promi…
Robert O. Crummey
“I Remember the Days of Old; I Meditate [on All Thy Works]”
This article analyzes the short book The Origin of the Law of Succession in Russia (1925) by St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896–1966, canonized 1994) for its treatment of succession to the throne in Kyivan, Muscovite, and Imperial Russian history. In it, St. John makes the case for the gradual and intentional development of primogeniture in Muscovy and sees the Petrine Law of Succession of 1722 as a fundamental violation of customary no…
Shoes Too Big to Fill
A Brief (Re)Introduction
“The Prayers of the Sinful Prince Semën Shakhovskoi”
Prince Semën Ivanovich Shakhovskoi has long been recognized as a significant figure in early seventeenth-century Russia, mostly for his writings in a range of genres (historical tales, letters, theological treatises, liturgical services, and prayers). He has not, however, attracted the level of attention from scholars that his works deserve. This study examines one subset of his corpus, his prayers, for traces of biography and individuality of th…
Postscript
The Treasure Trove Behind the Icon Screen
Whomsoever He Wishes As His Successor”
Paul Bushkovitch’s study of succession in Russia challenges a number of received historiographical traditions about succession and absolutism in early modern Russia. He questions the common view that power transferred from one ruler to the next by primogeniture and instead sees a long and largely uninterrupted tradition of parental designation. He also rejects the view that the concept of absolutism is useful for understanding monarchical power i…
A History of European Literature
Ivan the Terrible
Reviewed by: Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish by Charles J. Halperin Russell E. Martin (bio) Charles J. Halperin. Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish. 378 pp. Illustrations. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-8229-4591-8. Charles J. Halperin concludes his new book on Ivan IV (b. 1530; r. 1533–84) by acknowledging that “[w]riting a ‘definitive’ study of Ivan and his reign remains impos…
God, Tsar, and People
Postscript
Since its appearance in 1967, Canadian-American Slavic Studies (CASS) has been one of the principal outlets for scholars doing new and cutting-edge work.Even a quick skimming of the table of contents over the past 54 volumes will find many seminal articles in the fields of Slavic history, literature, culture, folklore, religious studies, and other related fields.It is an impressive array that makes CASS one of the most important repositories of s…
The Routledge History of Monarchy
The Uses of the Past
In Memoriam Edward Louis Keenan Jr
On Friday, September 25, 2015, in Memorial Church at Harvard University, a memorial service was held to celebrate the life and career of Professor Edward L. Keenan Jr., Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History, Emeritus, who passed away on March 6, 2015. The memorial service gathered together hundreds – family members, former colleagues and students, and countless friends. The eight speakers at this memorial described Edward (Ned) Keenan’s influence…
From the (New) Editor
The Tsar’s Two Bodies
Originally delivered as a lecture at Columbia University in the fall of 1974, this classic text has circulated among Professor Edward L. Keenan’s students and colleagues for decades, but has never been published. The lecture draws upon the author’s textual work, including his then recently published book challenging the provenance of the Correspondence attributed to Tsar Ivan IV and Prince Andrei Kurbskii, to explore how his conclusions about thi…
Valerie Kivelson. Desperate Magic
In an essay on the place of early modern Russian history in the broader historiography of European and world history, noted historian Donald Ostrowski poignantly asks, “How well is early modern Russian history integrated into world-history constructs?” The glum answer he offers is “not well integrated at all.” On the one hand, the authors of “big-picture schemas and world-history textbooks” either make “little or no reference to early modern Russ…
Truth and Fiction in A. I. Sulakadzev’s Chronograph of the Marriages of Tsar Ivan Vasil’evich
Few sources have exerted more influence on the biography of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) than the so-called Chronograph of the Marriages of Tsar Ivan Vasil’evich , but the source has not to date been properly studied, except to note that it is a likely forgery of the notorious bibliophile and manuscript forger Alexander Ivanovich Sulakadzev. This article offers the first dedicated treatment of the Chronograph’s contents, comparing the information …
Centers and Peripheries in Eastern Christianity
For the Firm Maintenance of the Dignity and Tranquility of the Imperial Family”
This article examines the Law of Succession and the Statute on the Imperial Family, texts which were issued by Emperor Paul I on April 5, 1797, and which regulated the succession to the throne and the structure of the Romanov dynasty as a family down to the end of the empire in 1917. It also analyzes the revisions introduced in these texts by subsequent emperors, focusing particularly on the development of a requirement for equal marriage and for…
The Petrine Divide and the Periodization of Early Modern Russian History
Among the chief problems in determining the boundaries of the early modern period in Russian history is die reign and reforms of Peter I the Great. In this article, Russell E. Martin situates Peter's reign within the context of dynastic marriage politics from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. He argues that the centuries from roughly 1500 to 1800 constitute a single, coherent period. Court politics were dominated by concerns of kins…
Ritual and Religion in the Foreign Marriages of Three Muscovite Princesses
Gifts for the Bride
Research Article| January 01 2008 Gifts for the Bride: Dowries, Diplomacy, and Marriage Politics in Muscovy Russell E. Martin Russell E. Martin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (2008) 38 (1): 119–145. https://doi.org/10.1215/10829636-2007-022 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Russell E. Martin; Gifts for the Bride…
The Petrine Divide and the Periodization of Early Modern Russian History
Among the chief problems in determining the boundaries of the early modern period in Russian history is die reign and reforms of Peter I the Great. In this article, Russell E. Martin situates Peter's reign within the context of dynastic marriage politics from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. He argues that the centuries from roughly 1500 to 1800 constitute a single, coherent period. Court politics were dominated by concerns of kins…
"Choreographing the "Tsar's Happy Occasion
The Romanov dynasty came to the throne in 1613 after fifteen years of pretenders, peasant revolts, and foreign interventions, but the establishment of Romanov legitimacy would require time. In this article, Russell E. Martin explores how the wedding ritual of Tsar Mikhail Romanov was carefully constructed on the basis of previous royal weddings so as to appear fully consistent with previous Muscovite tradition. But Martin also shows that many ele…
A Story That Stands Like a Dam
The Case of the Mstislavskii Princes
Archival Sleuths and Documentary Transpositions
"Choreographing the "Tsar's Happy Occasion
The Romanov dynasty came to the throne in 1613 after fifteen years of pretenders, peasant revolts, and foreign interventions, but the establishment of Romanov legitimacy would require time. In this article, Russell E. Martin explores how the wedding ritual of Tsar Mikhail Romanov was carefully constructed on the basis of previous royal weddings so as to appear fully consistent with previous Muscovite tradition. But Martin also shows that many ele…
Political Folkways and Praying for the Dead in Muscovy
The nature of the Muscovite political system remains today a hotly debated issue, but it was not always so. The traditional view portrays the ruler as an autocrat—the outright owner of Muscovy’s land and people—who struggled against the aristocracy to build a centralized state. But there have also been those who questioned this patrimonial model, suggesting a more cooperative relationship between the ruler and his boyars and focusing more on the …
Introduction
Introduction: Edward Keenan’s Influence on Early Russian Studies." Canadian Slavonic Papers, 48(3-4), pp. 233–234
Ritual and Religion in the Foreign Marriages of Three Muscovite Princesses
Gifts for the Bride
Research Article| January 01 2008 Gifts for the Bride: Dowries, Diplomacy, and Marriage Politics in Muscovy Russell E. Martin Russell E. Martin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (2008) 38 (1): 119–145. https://doi.org/10.1215/10829636-2007-022 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Russell E. Martin; Gifts for the Bride…
For the Firm Maintenance of the Dignity and Tranquility of the Imperial Family”
This article examines the Law of Succession and the Statute on the Imperial Family, texts which were issued by Emperor Paul I on April 5, 1797, and which regulated the succession to the throne and the structure of the Romanov dynasty as a family down to the end of the empire in 1917. It also analyzes the revisions introduced in these texts by subsequent emperors, focusing particularly on the development of a requirement for equal marriage and for…
The Petrine Divide and the Periodization of Early Modern Russian History
Among the chief problems in determining the boundaries of the early modern period in Russian history is die reign and reforms of Peter I the Great. In this article, Russell E. Martin situates Peter's reign within the context of dynastic marriage politics from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. He argues that the centuries from roughly 1500 to 1800 constitute a single, coherent period. Court politics were dominated by concerns of kins…
Truth and Fiction in A. I. Sulakadzev’s Chronograph of the Marriages of Tsar Ivan Vasil’evich
Few sources have exerted more influence on the biography of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) than the so-called Chronograph of the Marriages of Tsar Ivan Vasil’evich , but the source has not to date been properly studied, except to note that it is a likely forgery of the notorious bibliophile and manuscript forger Alexander Ivanovich Sulakadzev. This article offers the first dedicated treatment of the Chronograph’s contents, comparing the information …
Centers and Peripheries in Eastern Christianity
Valerie Kivelson. Desperate Magic
In an essay on the place of early modern Russian history in the broader historiography of European and world history, noted historian Donald Ostrowski poignantly asks, “How well is early modern Russian history integrated into world-history constructs?” The glum answer he offers is “not well integrated at all.” On the one hand, the authors of “big-picture schemas and world-history textbooks” either make “little or no reference to early modern Russ…
In Memoriam Edward Louis Keenan Jr
On Friday, September 25, 2015, in Memorial Church at Harvard University, a memorial service was held to celebrate the life and career of Professor Edward L. Keenan Jr., Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History, Emeritus, who passed away on March 6, 2015. The memorial service gathered together hundreds – family members, former colleagues and students, and countless friends. The eight speakers at this memorial described Edward (Ned) Keenan’s influence…
From the (New) Editor
The Tsar’s Two Bodies
Originally delivered as a lecture at Columbia University in the fall of 1974, this classic text has circulated among Professor Edward L. Keenan’s students and colleagues for decades, but has never been published. The lecture draws upon the author’s textual work, including his then recently published book challenging the provenance of the Correspondence attributed to Tsar Ivan IV and Prince Andrei Kurbskii, to explore how his conclusions about thi…
The Routledge History of Monarchy
The Uses of the Past
God, Tsar, and People
Postscript
Since its appearance in 1967, Canadian-American Slavic Studies (CASS) has been one of the principal outlets for scholars doing new and cutting-edge work.Even a quick skimming of the table of contents over the past 54 volumes will find many seminal articles in the fields of Slavic history, literature, culture, folklore, religious studies, and other related fields.It is an impressive array that makes CASS one of the most important repositories of s…
A History of European Literature
Ivan the Terrible
Reviewed by: Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish by Charles J. Halperin Russell E. Martin (bio) Charles J. Halperin. Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish. 378 pp. Illustrations. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-8229-4591-8. Charles J. Halperin concludes his new book on Ivan IV (b. 1530; r. 1533–84) by acknowledging that “[w]riting a ‘definitive’ study of Ivan and his reign remains impos…
“The Prayers of the Sinful Prince Semën Shakhovskoi”
Prince Semën Ivanovich Shakhovskoi has long been recognized as a significant figure in early seventeenth-century Russia, mostly for his writings in a range of genres (historical tales, letters, theological treatises, liturgical services, and prayers). He has not, however, attracted the level of attention from scholars that his works deserve. This study examines one subset of his corpus, his prayers, for traces of biography and individuality of th…
Postscript
The Treasure Trove Behind the Icon Screen
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