The Old Believers in Imperial Russia: Oppression, Opportunism and Religious Identity in Tsarist Moscow...

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Peter T. De Simone (Utica College, USA)

The Old Believers in Imperial Russia

Oppression, Opportunism and Religious Identity in Tsarist Moscow

Peter T. De Simone (Utica College, USA)

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
26 December 2019

European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Historical geography; Russian Revolution; Christian Churches & denominations

Series: Library of Modern Russia

'Two Romes have fallen. The third stands. And there will be no fourth.' So spoke Russian monk Hegumen Filofei of Pskov in 1510, proclaiming Muscovite Russia as heirs to the legacy of the Roman Empire following the collapse of the Byzantine Empire. The so-called 'Third Rome Doctrine' spurred the creation of the Russian Orthodox Church, although just a century later a further schism occurred, with the Old Believers (or 'Old Ritualists') challenging Patriarch Nikon's liturgical and ritualistic reforms and laying their own claim to the mantle of Roman legacy. While scholars have commonly painted the subsequent history of the Old Believers as one of survival in the face of persistent persecution at the hands of both tsarist and church authorities, Peter De Simone here offers a more nuanced picture. Based on research into extensive, yet mostly unknown, archival materials in Moscow, he shows the Old Believers as versatile and opportunistic, and demonstrates that they actively engaged with, and even challenged, the very notion of the spiritual and ideological place of Moscow in Imperial Russia.

Ranging in scope from Peter the Great to Lenin, this book will be of use to all scholars of Russian and Orthodox Church history.

By: Peter T. De Simone (Utica College USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm,
Weight: 327g
ISBN: 9780755601325
ISBN 10: 0755601327
Series: Library of Modern Russia
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 26 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Chapter 1: Building Holy Moscow Chapter 2: Identity in Conflict and Crisis, 1825 – 1856 Chapter 3: Redefining Boundaries, Redefining Identity, 1856 – 1905 Chapter 4: Realizing Holy Moscow, 1905 – 1917 Epilogue

Peter De Simone is an assistant professor in the School of History at Utica College, New York. He received his PhD from Ohio State University and has published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at conferences internationally on the Old Believers.

Reviews for The Old Believers in Imperial Russia: Oppression, Opportunism and Religious Identity in Tsarist Moscow

Thoroughly researched, with a full scholarly apparatus and some well-chosen illustrations ... Overall this is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of Russian religious history. * Slavonic and East European Review * A meaningful contribution to the study of religious minority communities and urban history. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through faculty. -- S. G. Jug, Baylor University * CHOICE *