The Duty to Denounce in Muscovite Russia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4215060 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann M Kleimola (0009-0008-8931-0561, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 759-779 |
| Publication date | 1972-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2493761 |
| OpenAlex | W2313063397 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Sometime between 1533 and 1536, a certain Ivan laganov, writing from prison, addressed a petition to the child ruler Ivan IV in which he suggested that his release would be in the interests of state security. laganov apparently had enjoyed a successful career as a political informer under Ivan's father, and after the death of Vasilii III had continued to serve his new sovereign in the same manner. On his last mission, he explained, he had reported to Ivan's boyars as ordered, informing them of the "dangerous talk" he had overheard: "At that time, Sire, I could not plug my ears with pitch; what I heard, Sire, I reported, in the way in which I served and reported to thy father." As a result, laganov now found himself in fetters, tortured "in the manner of evil traitors and brigands," and deprived of food and drink
Art · Cowardice · Duty · Literature · Political science · Politics · Prison · Ruler · Sovereignty · State (computer science · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |