State Service in Sixteenth Century Novgorod

Vincent E. Hammond

ISBN 10: 076184385X / ISBN 13: 9780761843856

Editore: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2009

pp. 370. Codice articolo 26885611

Riassunto:

State Service in Sixteenth Century Novgorod is about the first century of the legal development of the pomestie established by Ivan III after the conquest of Novgorod. The cadasters from the two provinces (Shelonskaia and Vodskaia) with the highest concentration of pomesties showed most remained in the original landlord's family. The acquisition of additional land from deceased family members and the exchanges for land near other relatives without the state's prior permission is evidence of its recognition of the family's interest in the land. Although the turnover was higher after the 1550s, most estates no longer in the original families' possession were abandoned or confiscated by Ivan IV's oprichniks. Since patrimonial votchinas were confiscated too, the higher turnover is evidence of the tsar's fear of treason rather than the pomestie's conditionality. The continuing possession of most Vodskaia tax units held in pomestie tenure in 1582 by the original landlords' families enfeoffed a century earlier supports this thesis. These findings negate the traditional distinction between the conditional pomestie and allodial votchina. The loyal pomeshchiks of sixteenth century Russia could expect to pass their lands to other family members as long as they served the state.

Informazioni sull?autore: Dr. Vincent E. Hammond received his PhD in Russian history from the University of Illinois. His research has focused on the legal distinction between the pomestie and votchina and the application of quantitative analysis to the cadastral data explaining the pomestie's turnover. He has also conducted extensive research into the medieval Russian Parliament. His paper on "The Inheritability of the Shelonskaia Pomestie in the Sixteenth Century" was recently presented to the annual conference of the Arkansas College History Teachers' Association and "Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Century Russian Parliaments" was presented in January to the 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. He presented a paper on "Quantitative Analysis and the Shelonskoe Pomestie, 1480-1540" to the Third International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences in July 2008.

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Titolo: State Service in Sixteenth Century Novgorod
Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Data di pubblicazione: 2009
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New