A Bride for the Tsar : : Bride-Shows and Marriage Politics in Early Modern Russia / / Russell E. Martin.
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 spi...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
|
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (394 p.) :; 9 halftones |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
The historicity of imperial bride-shows / Warren Treadgold
by: Treadgold, Warren
Published: (2004) -
The Tsar's Happy Occasion : : Ritual and Dynasty in the Weddings of Russia's Rulers, 1495–1745 / / Russell E. Martin.
by: Martin, Russell E.,
Published: ([2021]) -
The Bride of Lammermoor / / Walter Scott, J. H. Alexander.
by: Scott, Walter,
Published: ([2022]) -
The Bride of Lammermoor / Sir Walter Scott.
by: Scott, Walter, Sir,
Published: (c2001.) -
Bartered brides : politics, gender and marriage in a Afghan tribal society / Nancy Tapper
by: Lindisfarne, Nancy
Published: (2006)