The validity of long-term social causes during this period were criticized by Edward Keenan, who urged a search for political and cultural causes in a 1983 panel discussion.
The validity of long-term social causes during this period were criticized by Edward Keenan, who urged a search for political and cultural causes in a 1983 panel discussion. Tensions underlying this period were sparked by the removal of the St. George's Day privilege of peasant departure. A public figure of this period became a Catholic in order to gain the support of papal nuncio Claudio Rangoni, and was posthumously cremated and (*) fired out of a cannon. This period began after the death of a man nicknamed "Bellringer" and featured invasions by Sigismund III of Poland. Short-term holders of power during this era included Vasili Shuisky and three different men pretending to be a dead prince named Dmitri. For 10 points, name this turbulent period in Russian history that ended with the crowning of Michael Romanov.
The validity of long-term social causes during this period were criticized by Edward Keenan, who urged a search for political and cultural causes in a 1983 panel discussion.
Time of Troubles [or Smutnoye Vremya]