{"id":4007,"date":"2014-10-02T20:18:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T00:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/?p=4007"},"modified":"2015-01-14T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T16:36:46","slug":"questions-of-ivan-groznyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/2014\/10\/02\/questions-of-ivan-groznyi\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions on Ivan Groznyi"},"content":{"rendered":"

After reading the first-hand account of Heinrich von Staden, here are the questions I have:<\/p>\n

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  1. How often did Ivan IV ride out with the Oprichniki?<\/li>\n
  2. Why did he allow for the burning of churches if he was a holy man?<\/li>\n
  3. Why were all the places he slept all burned afterward?<\/li>\n
  4. On pg. 153 it mentions “Aleksei [Basmanov] and his own son [Fedor], with whom the Grand Prince indulged in lewdness were killed.” \u00a0What exactly does von Staden mean by “lewdness?” \u00a0Was he implying that Ivan IV was bisexual?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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