The Tsar's happy occasion : ritual and dynasty in the weddings of Russia's rulers, 1495-1745 /
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Author / Creator: | Martin, Russell, 1963- author. |
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Imprint: | Ithaca, New York : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021. ©2021 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 359 pages) : ‡b illustrations. |
Language: | English |
Series: | NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13456928 |
Table of Contents:
- "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.