Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Account of the Birth, Upbringing, and Life of His Holiness Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
Kevin Kain is professor of Russian and European history at Texas A&M University, Texarkana. Katia Levintova is assistant professor of comparative politics and Russian and East European politics at Texas A&M University, Texarkana.
A significant new text edition that sheds valuable light on the
complexities of seventeenth-century Russian Church history.
*Georg Michels, University of California-Riverside*
It is always worthwhile to produce a scholarly edition of an
important document or treatise. . . . Kain and Levintova, are to be
commended for their judicious effort.
*The Russian Review*
Although Shusherin's text, composed between 1681 and 1686, is well
known and has virtually never been out of print since the initial
publication in 1784, the volume under review offers the first
ever-and masterly done-translation into English. Kevin Kain and
Katia Levintova provide, by way of copious annotations, a
fascinating polyphony of contrasting opinions, stories of politcal
intrigue and occasional outrageous gossip that surrounded Nikon's
career.
*Seer, October 2009*
Kain and Levintova have provided a very clear and readable
translation.... The translation and scholarly apparatus of From
Peasant to Patriarch are exemplary. The volume offers a clear and
elegant rendering of a previously neglected text. Additionally, its
'Introduction' and back matter accomplish to very important goals:
on the one hand, they convince the general reader of the utility of
attending to Nikon's life; on the other, they steer the expert
towards additional resources for deeper study.
*Slavic and East European Journal, Winter 2009*
Overall, the book covers a lot of ground and provides the reader
wtih an introduction to the various issues and topics affecting
women in Eastern Europe....will be a welcome addition to the
growing literature on gender and post-socialism. The book is
suitable for both advanced undergraduate courses and graduate
seminars in disciplines such as political science, gender and
women's studies, sociology, history and East European studies.
*Canadian Slavonic Papers, September-December 2008*
Kevin M. Kain and Katia Levintova have produced a fine translation
of a unique and important eyewitness account of the rise and fall
of Patriarch Nikon (1605-1681). Their expertly edited translation
of this fascinating biography belongs on the recommended reading
list of undergraduate and graduate classes in Russian history.
*Chester Dunning, Texas A&M University*
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