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A bride for the Tsar

bride-shows and marriage politics in early modern Russia

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Russell Martin, Russell Martin
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bride-shows and marriage politics in early modern Russia

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NIU Press
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Subjects

Marriages of royalty and nobility, Marriage customs and rites, Bride shows, History, Brides, Nobility, russia, Russia (federation), social conditions, Russia (federation), social life and customs

Places

Russia

Times

17th century, 16th century
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A bride for the Tsar: bride-shows and marriage politics in early modern Russia
2012, NIU Press
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Table of Contents

"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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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DeKalb, IL
Copyright Date
2012

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
392.5086/210947
Library of Congress
GT2756.A2 M37 2012, GT2756.A2M37 2012

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Pagination
pages ;

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Open Library
OL25094510M
ISBN 13
9780875804484, 9781609090548
LCCN
2011043203
OCLC/WorldCat
759771950

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