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020 $a9780875804484 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
020 $a9781609090548 (electronic)
040 $aICU/DLC$beng$cICU$erda
042 $apcc
043 $ae-ur---
050 00 $aGT2756.A2$bM37 2012
082 00 $a392.5086/210947$223
100 1 $aMartin, Russell,$d1963-
245 12 $aA bride for the Tsar :$bbride-shows and marriage politics in early modern Russia /$cRussell E. Martin.
260 $aDeKalb, IL :$bNIU Press,$c2012, ©2012.
263 $a1204
300 $apages ;$ccm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a"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.
650 0 $aMarriages of royalty and nobility$zRussia$xHistory$y16th century.
650 0 $aMarriages of royalty and nobility$zRussia$xHistory$y17th century.
650 0 $aMarriages of royalty and nobility$xPolitical aspects$zRussia.
650 0 $aBride shows$zRussia$xHistory$y16th century.
650 0 $aBride shows$zRussia$xHistory$y17th century.
650 0 $aMarriage customs and rites$zRussia$xHistory$y16th century.
650 0 $aMarriage customs and rites$zRussia$xHistory$y17th century.