Scenarios of Power : Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarchy from Peter the Great to the Abdication of Nicholas II - New Abridged One-Volume Edition /

This new and abridged edition of Scenarios of Power is a concise version of Richard Wortman's award-winning study of Russian monarchy from the seventeenth century until 1917. The author breaks new ground by showing how imperial ceremony and imagery were not simply displays of the majesty of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wortman, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxfordshire, England : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Edición:New abridged one-volume paperback edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Russia & Former Soviet Republics.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
Hof
Gesellschaftsleben
Zarenfamilie
Manners and customs.
Kings and rulers.
Courts and courtiers.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
TRAVEL > Russia.
Russland
Russia.
Russia > Kings and rulers.
Russia > Court and courtiers.
Russia > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Russia > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The European myth
  • Signs of empire
  • Peter the Great
  • Olympian scenarios
  • The education of princes and the dilemma of neoclassicism
  • The Emperor Paul I
  • The angel on the throne
  • Nicholas I
  • Epitomes of the nation
  • Parents and son
  • Alexandar II and the scenario of love
  • The tsar-emancipator
  • The crisis of autocracy
  • A national myth
  • The making of a Russian tsar
  • The inauguration of a national myth
  • The resurrection of Muscovy
  • The life and death of a Russian tsar
  • Nicholas II as heir and husband
  • The accession and coronation of Nicholas II
  • Demonstrations of godliness
  • Nicholas II and the Revolution of 1905
  • Historical celebrations
  • Nicholas II and World War I.

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