Domostroy
Domostroy.
Its real author is unknown, but the most widespread version was edited by the archpriest
Modern researchers tend to trace the origins of the Domostroy to the 15th century Novgorod Republic, where it could have been used as a kind of moral codex for the wealthy. As such, it has some quotations from the Book of Proverbs and other biblical texts, and from earlier Russian moral texts such as the Izmaragd and the Zlatoust , and from some western texts such as the Book of Christian Teachings (Czech) and Le Ménagier de Paris (French).
In modern Russia, the term Domostroy has a pejorative meaning. It is used in such classic texts as
Structure
The book is divided into 67 sections (in Silvester's version) dealing roughly with the following matters:
- Religious practices
- The relationship between the Russian people and the tsar
- Organization of the family
- Management of the household
- Culinary
See also
Notes
- ^ Also transliterated as Domostroi
References
- ISBN 0-8014-9689-6
Bibliography
- Domostroy, SPb, Science, 1994 (from the presentation of the book)