Course Description: This is a reading course of selected passages from the 1557 ‘Rerum Muscoviticarum Commentarii’ by the Habsburg diplomat Sigismund von Herberstein, who served as Holy Roman Emperor Charles V’s ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Moscow, or Muscovy, from 1517 to 1526. Herberstein was the first Western European writer to provide a detailed, investigative portrait of that country; his work is simultaneously an autobiography of his life in the court of Grand Duke Vasili III, father of Ivan the Terrible, and a Herodotean ethnography, history, and geographical survey of Muscovy and East Slavic civilization.
DETAILS
Level: Students should come with a firm grasp of Latin grammar and have experience reading continuous texts
Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.
Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.
When
Tuesdays, 8:00p.m. U.S. Eastern Time
Cost
$250