HIS250Y1 Lecture 8: Ivan the terrible
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Ivan the terrible (1533-1598) part 2: new legal code throughout muscovy, 1558-1583: livonian war, muscovy vs. Division of livonia by 1600: split up between poland-lithuania, russia, sweden, denmark-norway. Balthasar russow"s livonian chronicle: tells story through eyes of rebel lutheran minister, portrays ivan iv as archenemy, as satan, baltic german (possible part estonian, published 1578, written during the livonian war. Ivan"s family life: anastasia: died 1560 (poisoned by adashev and sylvester?, associates and friends and family were punished for the supposed poisoning, sons of ivan iv and anastasia, dmitry, died as an infant but very important. Ivan met dmitry and felt very ill. made boyars swear allegiance to his infant son. Some of them were reluctant to do so: refusal to swear allegiance is called the boyar"s revolt. Ivan felt betrayed by them: boyar"s disloyalty gave ivan reason to hate them even more, dmitry ended up dying, ivan, fedor (theodore)
