This paper focuses on the analysis of Moscovia, written by Antonio Possevino soon after his diplomatic mission (1581-1582) to the Tsar Ivan IV. The text, composed as a geographical and ethnographical description of a given territory, became a collection of theological and controversial writings on the topic of the eastern Greek and Muscovite schism during its 40 years of editorial history. A deeper analysis of some political aspects of the text, though, shows how these different parameters were somehow inextricably connected within the catholic vision of the ‘orthodox’ East.
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Chapter Title
Immagini della Russia tra Oriente e Occidente nel XVI secolo: politica, religione, culture nella Moscovia di Antonio Possevino
Authors
Igor Melani
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-507-4.09
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Publication Year
2017
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Book Title
Russia, Oriente slavo e Occidente europeo. Fratture e integrazioni nella storia e nella civiltà letteraria
Book Subtitle
Fratture e integrazioni nella storia e nella civiltà letteraria
Editors
Claudia Pieralli, Claire Delaunay, Eugène Priadko
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2017
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© 2017 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-507-4
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-507-4
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-190-5
Series Title
Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici
Series ISSN
2612-7687
Series E-ISSN
2612-7679