A manual on household management, the Domostroi is one of the few sources on the social history and secular life of Russia in the time of Ivan the Terrible. It depicts a society that prized religious orthodoxy, reliance on tradition, and absolute subordination of the individual to the family and the state. Specific instructions tell how to arrange hay, visit monasteries, distill vodka, treat servants, entertain clergy, cut out robes, and carry out many other daily activities. Carolyn Johnston Pouncy here offers, with an informative introduction, the first complete English translation.
- ISBN10 0801424100
- ISBN13 9780801424106
- Publish Date 7 June 1994 (first published 1 January 1994)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 20 September 2000
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Cornell University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 278
- Language English