Tsar''s Happy Occasion - Ritual and Dynasty in the Weddings of Russia''s Rulers, 14951745

Informationen zum Autor Russell E. Martin is Professor of History at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He is author of A Bride for the Tsar . Follow him on X @Russ_E_Martin. Klappentext "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"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. "Time to Attend to the Wedding": Origins and Traditions 2. "A Canonical Marriage for the Uninterrupted Succession to Your Royal Dynasty": Royal Weddings and Dynastic Legitimacy 3. "And Unlike Previous Royal Weddings,There Was Not the Usual Royal Ritual": Continuity and Change 4. "To Live Together in Holy Matrimony": Orthodox and Heterodox 5. "To Serve without Regard for Place": In-Laws and Courtiers 6. "To See Your Royal Children on the Thrones": Brides and Gifts 7. "Delight in Exposing the Old Methods of the Country": Transfigurations and Parodies 8. "There Will Not Be Any Direful Reversions": Heirs and Successors Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Russell Martin, Russell E. Martin
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781501754845
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-5484-5
• No. of pages: 378
• Series: NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Niu Slavic, East European, and
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology