A bride for the Tsar : bride-shows and marriage politics in early modern Russia /
From 1505 to 1689, Russia's tsars chose their wives through an elaborate ritual: the bride-show. The realm's most beautiful young maidens--provided they hailed from the aristocracy--gathered in Moscow, where the tsar's trusted boyars reviewed their medical histories, evaluated their s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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DeKalb, IL :
NIU Press,
[2012]
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| Colección: | NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |


