Good for the souls : a history of confession in the Russian empire / Nadieszda Kizenko.

Author: Kizenko, Nadieszda, 1961- author.

Edition Statement:First edition.

ImprintOxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Imprint2021

Descriptionxiv, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Note:1. Confession as encounter with early modernity -- 2. Breaking the seal -- 3. Enlightenment and elite enforcement -- 4. A gendered experience -- 5. Discipline for the masses -- 6. Going to the people: from the great reforms to the 1905 revolution -- 7. Confession at a time of revolution.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-312) and index.

Note:This book brings Russia into the rich scholarly and popular literature on confession, penance, discipline, and gender in the modern world, and in doing so opens a key window onto church, state, and society.

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