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...
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Martin, Russell E., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Bride for the Tsar : Bride-Shows and Marriage Politics in Early Modern Russia / Russell E. Martin. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2021] ©2012 1 online resource (394 p.) : 9 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Charts and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Dates, Names, and Transliteration -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. "lt Would Be Best to Marry the Daughter of One of His Subjects" -- Chapter 2. "Without Any Regard for Noble Ancestry" -- Chapter 3. "If You Marry a Second Time, You Will Have an Evil Child Born to You" -- Chapter 4. "To Assuage the Melancholy -- Chapter 5. "Scheming to Be Rid of the Chosen Tsarevna" -- Chapter 6. "Worthy because the Tsar Adores You" -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Excerpts from the Chronograph of the Marriages of Tsar Ivan Vasil'evich -- Appendix B. Candidates at the Bride-Shows for Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich, 16 70~ 1671 -- Appendix C. Gifts Given to Candidates in the Bride-Show for Fedor Alekseevich, 1680 -- Appendix D. Genealogies -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 spiritual qualities, noted their physical appearances, and confirmed their virtue. Those who passed muster were presented to the tsar, who inspected the candidates one by one—usually without speaking to any of them—and chose one to be immediately escorted to the Kremlin to prepare for her wedding and new life as the tsar's consort.Alongside accounts of sordid boyar plots against brides, the multiple marriages of Ivan the Terrible, and the fascinating spectacle of the bride-show ritual, A Bride for the Tsar offers an analysis of the show's role in the complex politics of royal marriage in early modern Russia. Russell E. Martin argues that the nature of the rituals surrounding the selection of a bride for the tsar tells us much about the extent of his power, revealing it to be limited and collaborative, not autocratic. Extracting the bride-show from relative obscurity, Martin persuasively establishes it as an essential element of the tsarist political system. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Marriage customs and rites Russia History 16th century. Marriage customs and rites Russia History 17th century. Marriages of royalty and nobility Political aspects Russia. Marriages of royalty and nobility Russia History 16th century. Marriages of royalty and nobility Russia History 17th century. History. Soviet & East European History. HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. bisacsh Russian aristocracy, Tsar's consort, politics of royal marriage, tasrist political system. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501756658 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501756658 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501756658/original |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Charts and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Dates, Names, and Transliteration -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. "lt Would Be Best to Marry the Daughter of One of His Subjects" -- Chapter 2. "Without Any Regard for Noble Ancestry" -- Chapter 3. "If You Marry a Second Time, You Will Have an Evil Child Born to You" -- Chapter 4. "To Assuage the Melancholy -- Chapter 5. "Scheming to Be Rid of the Chosen Tsarevna" -- Chapter 6. "Worthy because the Tsar Adores You" -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Excerpts from the Chronograph of the Marriages of Tsar Ivan Vasil'evich -- Appendix B. Candidates at the Bride-Shows for Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich, 16 70~ 1671 -- Appendix C. Gifts Given to Candidates in the Bride-Show for Fedor Alekseevich, 1680 -- Appendix D. Genealogies -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Charts and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Dates, Names, and Transliteration -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. "lt Would Be Best to Marry the Daughter of One of His Subjects" -- Chapter 2. "Without Any Regard for Noble Ancestry" -- Chapter 3. "If You Marry a Second Time, You Will Have an Evil Child Born to You" -- Chapter 4. "To Assuage the Melancholy -- Chapter 5. "Scheming to Be Rid of the Chosen Tsarevna" -- Chapter 6. "Worthy because the Tsar Adores You" -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Excerpts from the Chronograph of the Marriages of Tsar Ivan Vasil'evich -- Appendix B. Candidates at the Bride-Shows for Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich, 16 70~ 1671 -- Appendix C. Gifts Given to Candidates in the Bride-Show for Fedor Alekseevich, 1680 -- Appendix D. Genealogies -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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