On the face of it, the debilitated condition in which Ivan left the Crown, compounded as it was by the extinction of the Rurik line on the death of his son Fyodor in 1598, much enhanced the political stature of the Church.
Encountering, the debilitated condition in which Ivan left the Crown, compounded as it was by the extinction of the Rurik line on the death of his son Fyodor in 1598, much enhanced the political stature of the Church.