The crisis of religious toleration in imperial Russia: Bibikov's system for the old believers, 1841 - 1855

"This book is about an unprecedented attempt by the government of Russia's Tsar Nicholas I (1825-1855) to eradicate what was seen as one of the greatest threats to its political security: the religious dissent of the Old Believers. The Old Believers had long been reviled by the ruling Orth...

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Auteur principal: Marsden, Thomas 1983- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford New York, NY Oxford University Press 2015
Dans:Année: 2015
Édition:First edition
Collection/Revue:Oxford historical monographs
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Russie / Raskolniki / Tolérance religieuse / Histoire 1841-1855
Sujets non-standardisés:B Russia Politics and government 1825-1855
B Dissenters, Religious (Russia) History 19th century
B Nicholas Emperor of Russia (1796-1855)
B Old Believers (Russia (Federation)) History 19th century
B Publication universitaire
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Édition parallèle:Électronique
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Résumé:"This book is about an unprecedented attempt by the government of Russia's Tsar Nicholas I (1825-1855) to eradicate what was seen as one of the greatest threats to its political security: the religious dissent of the Old Believers. The Old Believers had long been reviled by the ruling Orthodox Church, for they were the largest group of Russian dissenters and claimed to be the guardians of true Orthodoxy; however, their industrious communities and strict morality meant that the civil authorities often regarded them favourably. This changed in the 1840s and 1850s when a series of remarkable cases demonstrated that the existing restrictions upon the dissenters' religious freedoms could not suppress their capacity for independent organisation. Finding itself at a crossroads between granting full toleration, or returning to the fierce persecution of earlier centuries, the tsarist government increasingly inclined towards the latter course, culminating in a top secret 'system' introduced in 1853 by the Minister of Internal Affairs Dmitrii Bibikov."--Back cover
ISBN:0198746369