Ivan the Terrible as a Carolingian ­Renaissance Prince
Daniel Rowland
This chapter cites Michael Cherniavsky's imaginative and original but unconvincing attempt to align the image of Ivan Terrible with literary ruler images actual rulers in contemporary, sixteenth-century Western Europe. It aligns Muscovy European history suggests that most appropriate comparison for IV is early medieval, rather than modern, also details type evidence Cherniavsky used on what are generally called “literary” texts from Ivan's reign period immediately following. The explains how assertion Muscovite political ideas were independent religion contradicts many own conclusions leads a very distorted view modern Russian culture. talks about comparisons Carolingian Europe inevitably produce impression was “backward.”
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