The Strange Case of Paisios Ligarides
Philip Longworth looks at a religious adventurer who ended up reviled as a double agent in 17th-century Europe.
Philip Longworth looks at a religious adventurer who ended up reviled as a double agent in 17th-century Europe.
The invasion of Poland by Tsar Alexis of Russia in May, 1654, marked the emergence of his country as a major European power. As Philip Longworth argues here, it was also to inaugurate, albeit indirectly, a decisive stage in the Westernisation of Russia.