Description |
xvii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The problem of female rule -- Vitae : the lives of St. Catherine -- The terem chapel and the Romanov women -- Monasteries -- Dimitrii Rostovskii and the militant bride of Christ -- The Order of St. Catherine -- The saint's living image -- The archbishop and the empress : the coronation of 1724 -- Sacralizing female rule -- Epilogue. |
Subject |
Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint.
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Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint. |
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Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint -- Cult -- Russia -- History.
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Cults. |
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Russia. |
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History. |
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Christian women saints -- Cult.
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Christian women saints -- Cult. |
Added Title |
St. Catherine of Alexandria and the justification of female rule in Russia |
ISBN |
9780875803753 clothbound alkaline paper |
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087580375X clothbound alkaline paper |
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