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In this subject, students examine the emergence, consolidation and development of Russian state and society in a hitherto 'wild' region in eastern Europe. The formative phase in the political, social and intellectual history of the Tsardom of Muscovy is traced. The focus is on the interplay of stran…

Dr Adrian Jones


    • Feb 26, 2014 LATEST EPISODE
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    Consequences of Ivan the Terrible

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 65:55


    Adrian concludes his lecture series by discussing the Time of Troubles in Russia which followed the death of Ivan IV in 1584: the periods of Tsars Fedor Ivanovich and Boris Godunov, and the ensuing civil war. He tries to set these events in a wider European context. Copyright 2014 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Consequences of Ivan the Terrible (slides)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014


    Adrian concludes his lecture series by discussing the Time of Troubles in Russia which followed the death of Ivan IV in 1584: the periods of Tsars Fedor Ivanovich and Boris Godunov, and the ensuing civil war. He tries to set these events in a wider European context. Copyright 2014 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Consequences of Ivan the Terrible (handout)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014


    Adrian concludes his lecture series by discussing the Time of Troubles in Russia which followed the death of Ivan IV in 1584: the periods of Tsars Fedor Ivanovich and Boris Godunov, and the ensuing civil war. He tries to set these events in a wider European context. Copyright 2014 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Ivan the Terrible, Part III

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 96:16


    Adrian now begins to discuss the reign of Ivan IV "The Terrible" or more accurately Ivan "The Awesome" in detail. He discusses Ivan IV's reign in four two-hour lectures. Copyright 2014 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Ivan the Terrible, Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 86:36


    Adrian now begins to discuss the reign of Ivan IV "The Terrible" or more accurately Ivan "The Awesome" in detail. He discusses Ivan IV's reign in four two-hour lectures. Copyright 2014 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 92:21


    Adrian now begins to discuss the reign of Ivan IV "The Terrible" or more accurately Ivan "The Awesome" in detail. He discusses Ivan IV's reign in four two-hour lectures. Copyright 2014 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Ivan the Terrible (slides)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014


    Adrian now begins to discuss the reign of Ivan IV "The Terrible" or more accurately Ivan "The Awesome" in detail. He discusses Ivan IV's reign in four two-hour lectures. Copyright 2014 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Ivan the Terrible (handout)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014


    Adrian now begins to discuss the reign of Ivan IV "The Terrible" or more accurately Ivan "The Awesome" in detail. He discusses Ivan IV's reign in four two-hour lectures. Copyright 2014 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Emergence of the Aristocracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 59:47


    Adrian Jones discusses the retinue of the Grand Prince, the group that gradually evolved into an aristocracy. He questions some of the stereotypes about autocracy in Russia, emphasising oligarchical aspects of the Russian polity. Copyright 2014 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Emergence of the Aristocracy (slides)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014


    Adrian Jones discusses the retinue of the Grand Prince, the group that gradually evolved into an aristocracy. He questions some of the stereotypes about autocracy in Russia, emphasising oligarchical aspects of the Russian polity. Copyright 2014 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Emergence of the Aristocracy (handout)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014


    Adrian Jones discusses the retinue of the Grand Prince, the group that gradually evolved into an aristocracy. He questions some of the stereotypes about autocracy in Russia, emphasising oligarchical aspects of the Russian polity. Copyright 2014 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Muscovite Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2013 83:40


    Adrian Jones discusses Muscovite rural society and then moves on to discuss the late onset (in Muscovy!) of serfdom, the system of land tenure, and the implications for the distinct lack of a legal culture in Russia. Adrian then turns to discussing the boyars and their chancery clerks, their way of life and their role in the administration of state. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Muscovite Society (slides)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2013


    Adrian Jones discusses Muscovite rural society and then moves on to discuss the late onset (in Muscovy!) of serfdom, the system of land tenure, and the implications for the distinct lack of a legal culture in Russia. Adrian then turns to discussing the boyars and their chancery clerks, their way of life and their role in the administration of state. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Muscovite Society (handout)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2013


    Adrian Jones discusses Muscovite rural society and then moves on to discuss the late onset (in Muscovy!) of serfdom, the system of land tenure, and the implications for the distinct lack of a legal culture in Russia. Adrian then turns to discussing the boyars and their chancery clerks, their way of life and their role in the administration of state. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    The Russian Orthodox Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2013 74:42


    Adrian Jones explores the political and social implications of the Orthodox faith in the lands of the Rus’. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    The Russian Orthodox Church (slides)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2013


    Adrian Jones explores the political and social implications of the Orthodox faith in the lands of the Rus’. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    The Rise of Muscovy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2013 74:24


    Adrian Jones introduces Andrei Tarkovsky's great film Andrei Rublëv (1964, 1966-69), sometimes spelt as "Roublev" or "Rublyov". The film traces episodes in the fourteenth-century life of one of the greatest of Russian icon painters. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    The Rise of Muscovy (slides)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2013


    Adrian Jones introduces Andrei Tarkovsky's great film Andrei Rublëv (1964, 1966-69), sometimes spelt as "Roublev" or "Rublyov". The film traces episodes in the fourteenth-century life of one of the greatest of Russian icon painters. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    The Rise of Muscovy (handout)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2013


    Adrian Jones introduces Andrei Tarkovsky's great film Andrei Rublëv (1964, 1966-69), sometimes spelt as "Roublev" or "Rublyov". The film traces episodes in the fourteenth-century life of one of the greatest of Russian icon painters. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Tarkovsky's Film 'Andrei Rublëv'

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2013 6:17


    Adrian Jones introduces Andrei Tarkovsky's great film Andrei Rublëv (1964, 1966-69), sometimes spelt as "Roublev" or "Rublyov". The film traces episodes in the fourteenth-century life of one of the greatest of Russian icon painters. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Tarkovsky's Film 'Andrei Rublëv' (handout)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2013


    Adrian Jones introduces Andrei Tarkovsky's great film Andrei Rublëv (1964, 1966-69), sometimes spelt as "Roublev" or "Rublyov". The film traces episodes in the fourteenth-century life of one of the greatest of Russian icon painters. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Kiev Russia and Tatar-Mongols

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2013 90:21


    Adrian Jones contrasts the different Kievan (C10th-C13th) and Tatar-Mongol (C13th to C15th) eras, tracing their different influences on medieval Russian history. Adrian refers wherever possible to illustrations from the period. He places events and polities in Russia in the wider context of Eurasian history. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Kiev Russia and Tatar-Mongols (slides)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2013


    Adrian Jones contrasts the different Kievan (C10th-C13th) and Tatar-Mongol (C13th to C15th) eras, tracing their different influences on medieval Russian history. Adrian refers wherever possible to illustrations from the period. He places events and polities in Russia in the wider context of Eurasian history. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Kiev Russia and Tatar-Mongols (handout)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2013


    Adrian Jones contrasts the different Kievan (C10th-C13th) and Tatar-Mongol (C13th to C15th) eras, tracing their different influences on medieval Russian history. Adrian refers wherever possible to illustrations from the period. He places events and polities in Russia in the wider context of Eurasian history. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    The Origin of Russia and Russians II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2013 105:08


    The lecture opens with a response to Adrian's previous lecture by Adrian's teaching assistant, a Russo-Ukrainian scholar, Dmytro Ostapenko. History is all about argument and evidence. Dmytro critiques Adrian's "Normanist" point of view about the C9th-C10th origins of the Russian state (i.e., that the Rusi’an state was Varangian-Viking inspired). Dr Dmytro Ostapenko offers a stricter view of what is meant by “statehood”. Dr Ostapenko cites evidence discussing how bands had already evolved into Slavic tribes and kings (and hence a state) and he discusses a wider range of what he believes are indigenous Slavic cultural and economic influences on state formation. Adrian then replies and as he does he discusses more of the Viking and Slav evidence, focussing on the Russian Primary Chronicle (circa 1115) and relations between forest and steppe, as viewed in the light of Arab-Persian (Ibn Fadhlan, Ibn Khurdadbeh), Carolingian (Bertinian Annals 832), Byzantine (C10th Constantine VII Porphyrogenitas on the Administration of the Empire) and Khazar sources. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    The Origin of Russia and Russians I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2013 67:09


    This lecture considers the question of the origins of Russia and Russians. A wide range of comparisons are explored: both in terms of key concepts, and in terms of contrasting episodes in history, modern and classical. Students that week were reading Ibn Fadlan’s account (922 CE) of an encounter with the Rus’ at the mouth of the Volga Rr on the Caspian Sea, and those parts of the [Kievan] Russian Primary chronicle (written ca 1110 CE) about the origins of the creation of the “Rus’ian” state at the end of the C10th. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    Hand-Drawn Map of Europe (handout)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2013


    This lecture considers the question of the origins of Russia and Russians. A wide range of comparisons are explored: both in terms of key concepts, and in terms of contrasting episodes in history, modern and classical. Students that week were reading Ibn Fadlan’s account (922 CE) of an encounter with the Rus’ at the mouth of the Volga Rr on the Caspian Sea, and those parts of the [Kievan] Russian Primary chronicle (written ca 1110 CE) about the origins of the creation of the “Rus’ian” state at the end of the C10th. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    The Origins of Russia and Russians (slides)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2013


    This lecture considers the question of the origins of Russia and Russians. A wide range of comparisons are explored: both in terms of key concepts, and in terms of contrasting episodes in history, modern and classical. Students that week were reading Ibn Fadlan’s account (922 CE) of an encounter with the Rus’ at the mouth of the Volga Rr on the Caspian Sea, and those parts of the [Kievan] Russian Primary chronicle (written ca 1110 CE) about the origins of the creation of the “Rus’ian” state at the end of the C10th. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

    The Origins of Russia and Russians (handout)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2013


    This lecture considers the question of the origins of Russia and Russians. A wide range of comparisons are explored: both in terms of key concepts, and in terms of contrasting episodes in history, modern and classical. Students that week were reading Ibn Fadlan’s account (922 CE) of an encounter with the Rus’ at the mouth of the Volga Rr on the Caspian Sea, and those parts of the [Kievan] Russian Primary chronicle (written ca 1110 CE) about the origins of the creation of the “Rus’ian” state at the end of the C10th. Copyright 2013 Adrian Jones / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

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