Staden, Heinrich von

The land and government of Muscovy a sixteenth-century account. Translated and edited by Thomas Esper. - Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press 1967. - xxiii, 142 p. illus., maps, ports. 23 cm.

Translation of four 16th century German MSS. The principal MS., which is now in the Niedersächsisches Staatsarchiv in Hanover, has title: Moscowiter Land und Regierung.

Introduction.--Petition to the Emperor Rudolf.--The land government of Muscovy.--A plan for the conquest of Russia.--Staden's autobiography.

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Russia.--History--Sources.--Ivan IV, 1533-1584

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