Title The Tsar's happy occasion : ritual and dynasty in the weddings of Russia's rulers, 1495-1745 / Russell E. Martin.

Publication Info.	Ithaca, New York : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
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Description	1 online resource (xvii, 359 pages) : ‡b illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies
	NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	"Time to attend to the wedding": origins and traditions -- "A canonical marriage for the uninterrupted succession to your royal dynasty": royal weddings and dynastic legitimacy -- "And unlike previous royal weddings, there was no great assembly": continuity and change -- "To live together in holy matrimony": orthodox and heterodox -- "To serve without regard for place": kin and courtiers -- "To see your royal children on the thrones": brides and gifts -- "Delight in exposing the old methods of the country": transfigurations and parodies -- "There will not be any direful reversions": heirs and successors.
Summary	"Using an array of archival sources, this book argues that royal weddings in early modern Russia reflected and shaped court politics in those centuries of dramatic cultural and dynastic change"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Marriage customs and rites -- Political aspects -- Russia.
	Marriage customs and rites.
	Russia.
	Marriage customs and rites -- Russia -- History -- 16th century.
	History.
Chronological Term	16th century
Subject	Marriage customs and rites -- Russia -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term	17th century
Subject	Royal houses -- Russia -- History -- 16th century.
	Royal houses.
	Royal houses -- Russia -- History -- 17th century.
	HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Chronological Term	1500-1699
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Title	Czar's happy occasion
Other Form:	Print version: Martin, Russell, 1963- The Tsar's happy occasion Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021. 9781501754845 (DLC) 2020034809
ISBN	9781501754869 (electronic book)
	1501754866 (electronic book)
	9781501754852 (electronic book)
	1501754858 (electronic book)
	9781501754845 hardcover

Title The Tsar's happy occasion : ritual and dynasty in the weddings of Russia's rulers, 1495-1745 / Russell E. Martin.

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