24 books
—
6 voters
Muscovy
Muscovy (also known as the Grand Duchy of Moscow (Великое Княжество Московское), or the Grand Principality of Moscow), was a late medieval Rus' principality centered on Moscow and the predecessor state of the early modern Tsardom of Russia.
...more
Related Genres
“
To sum up, it is in the terrible and abject school of Mongolian slavery that Muscovy was nursed and grew up. It gathered strength only by becoming a virtuoso in the craft of serfdom. Even when emancipated, Muscovy continued to perform its traditional part of the slave, as well as the master. At length, Peter the Great coupled the political craft of the Mongol slave with the proud aspiration of the Mongol master to whom Genghis Khan had, by will, bequeathed his conquest of the earth.
”
―
―
“
The bloody mire of Mongolian slavery, not the rude glory of the Norman epoch, forms the cradle of Muscovy, and modern Russia is but a metamorphosis of Muscovy.
”
― Secret Diplomatic History of the 18th Century
― Secret Diplomatic History of the 18th Century
