The Tsar's Happy Occasion : : Ritual and Dynasty in the Weddings of Russia's Rulers, 1495–1745 / / Russell E. Martin.

The Tsar's Happy Occasion shows how the vast, ornate affairs that were royal weddings in early modern Russia were choreographed to broadcast powerful images of monarchy and dynasty. Processions and speeches emphasized dynastic continuity and legitimacy. Fertility rites blended Christian and pre...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (378 p.) :; 9 b&w halftones, 4 charts
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