The Tsar's Happy Occasion : Ritual and Dynasty in the Weddings of Russia's Rulers, 1495-1745 /

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"Using an array of archival sources, this book argues that royal weddings in early modern Russia reflected and shaped court politics in those centuries of dramatic cultural and dynastic change"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Martin, Russell, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Royal houses
Marriage customs and rites
Royal houses > Russia > History > 17th century.
Royal houses > Russia > History > 16th century.
Marriage customs and rites > Russia > History > 17th century.
Marriage customs and rites > Russia > History > 16th century.
Marriage customs and rites > Political aspects > Russia.
Russia
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Time to attend to the wedding": origins and traditions
  • "A canonical marriage for the uninterrupted succession to your royal dynasty": royal weddings and dynastic legitimacy
  • "And unlike previous royal weddings, there was no great assembly": continuity and change
  • "To live together in holy matrimony": orthodox and heterodox
  • "To serve without regard for place": kin and courtiers
  • "To see your royal children on the thrones": brides and gifts
  • "Delight in exposing the old methods of the country": transfigurations and parodies
  • "There will not be any direful reversions": heirs and successors.

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