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Title Russia at the close of the sixteenth century : comprising the treatise "Of the Russe common wealth," by Dr. Giles Fletcher ; and the travels of Sir Jerome Horsey, knight, now for the first time printed entire from his own manuscript / edited by Edward A. Bond.

Publication Info. Surrey, England : Ashgate, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (cxxxiv, 392 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Works issued by the Hakluyt Society
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society.
Contents ""COVER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OF THE RUSSE COMMON WEALTH""; ""CHAP. I. The description of the countrie of Russia, with, the breadth, length, and names of the shires""; ""CHAP. II. Of the Soyle and Climate""; ""CHAP. III. The native commodities of the countrie""; ""CHAP. IV. The chiefe Cities of Russia""; ""CHAP. V. Of the house or stocke of the Russe emperours""; ""CHAP. VI. Of the manner of crowning or inauguration of the Russe emperours""; ""CHAP. VII. The state or forme of their government""; ""CHAP. VIII. The manner of holding their parliaments""
""CHAP. IX. Of the nobilitie, and by what meanes it is kept in an under proportion agreeable to that state""""CHAP. X. Of the government of their provinces and shires""; ""CHAP. XI. Of the Emperours Counsell""; ""CHAP. XII. Of the emperours customes and other revenues""; ""CHAP. XIII. Of the state of the Communaltie, or vulgar sorte of people in the countrie of Russia""; ""CHAP. XIV. Of their publique justice, and manner of proceeding in civill and criminall matters""; ""CHAP. XV. Their forces for the warres, with the chief officers and their salaries""
""CHAP. XVI. Of their mustering and levying of forces, manner of armour, and provision of victuall for the warres""""CHAP. XVII. Of their inarching, charging, and other martiall discipline""; ""CHAP. XVIII. Of their Colonies, and mainteyning of their conquests or purchases by force""; ""CHAP. XIX. Of the Tartars and other Borderers to the countrie of Russia, with whome they haite most to doo in warre and peace""; ""CHAP. XX. Of the Permians, Samoites, and Lappes""; ""CHAP. XXI. Of their Ecclesiasticall state, with their Church offices""
""CHAP. XXII. Of their Leiturgie, or forme of Church-service, and their manner of administring the Sacraments""""CHAP. XXIII. Of the Doctrine of the Russe Church, and what errours it holdeth""; ""CHAP. XXIV. Of the manner of solemnizing their Marriages""; ""CHAP. XXV. Of the other Ceremonies of the Russe Church""; ""CHAP. XXVI. Of the Emperours domestike or private Behaviour""; ""CHAP. XXVII. Of the Emperours private or householde Officers""; ""CHAP. XXVIII. Of the private behaviour, or qualitie of the Russe people""
""A relacion or memqriall abstracted owt of sir jerom horsey his travells, imploiments, services and negociacions, observed and written with his owne hand: wherin he spent the most part of eighten years tyme""""4. appendix i: the most solemne and magnificent coronaction of pheodor ivanowich emperour of russia, etc""; ""5. appendix ii: a discourse of the second and third imploymente of mr. jerome horsey, esquire, nowe knighte, sente from hir majestie to the emporer of rushea, in anno 1585 and 1589""; ""6. appendix iii. complants of the russia company against jerome horsey""
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Subject Russia (Federation) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Russia (Federation)
Chronological Term Early works to 1800
Subject Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 16th century.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
International relations.
Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Russia.
Russia.
Chronological Term 1500-1599
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Early works.
Added Author Bond, Edward A.
Fletcher, Giles, 1549?-1611.
Horsey, Jerome, 1550?-1626.
Added Title Russia at the close of the 16th century
Other Form: Print version: Bond, Edward A. Russia at the Close of the Sixteenth Century : Comprising the Treatise 'Of the Russe Common Wealth, ' by Dr Giles Fletcher; and The Travels of Sir Jerome Horsey, Knight, now for the first time printed entire from his own Manuscript. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2010 9781409412861
ISBN 9781409415251 (electronic book)
1409415252 (electronic book)
9781409412861 (hardback)