A bride for the Tsar bride-shows and marriage politics in early modern Russia
"It would be best to marry the daughter of one of his subjects": the origins of the bride-show in Muscovy -- "Without any regard for noble ancestry": picking a bride for the Tsar -- "If you marry a second time, you will have an evil child born to you": bride-shows and M...
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Sprache: | eng |
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DeKalb, IL
NIU Press
2012
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Zusammenfassung: | "It would be best to marry the daughter of one of his subjects": the origins of the bride-show in Muscovy -- "Without any regard for noble ancestry": picking a bride for the Tsar -- "If you marry a second time, you will have an evil child born to you": bride-shows and Muscovite political culture -- "To assuage the melancholy": the many wives of Ivan IV -- "Scheming to be rid of the chosen tsarevna": conflict and conspiracy in the Romanov bride-shows -- "Worthy because the tsar adores you": the last bride-shows and the return of the foreign-born brides. |
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Beschreibung: | Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | XI, 380 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 23 cm |
ISBN: | 0875804489 0-87580-448-9 9780875804484 978-0-87580-448-4 |