TY  - BOOK
AU  - Martin,Russell
TI  - A bride for the Tsar: bride-shows and marriage politics in early modern Russia 
T2  - NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
SN  - 9780875804484
AV  - GT2756.A2 M37 2012
U1  - 392.5086/210947 23
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - DeKalb, IL
PB  - NIU Press
KW  - Marriages of royalty and nobility
KW  - Russia
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Marriage customs and rites
KW  - Mariages royaux et nobles
KW  - Aspect politique
KW  - Russie
KW  - fast
KW  - zar
KW  - gnd
KW  - Eheschließung
KW  - Politik
KW  - Äktenskap
KW  - politik
KW  - överklassen
KW  - monarki
KW  - Ryssland
KW  - 1500-talet
KW  - 1600-talet
KW  - kao
KW  - Bröllop
KW  - Marriage
KW  - politics
KW  - upper classes
KW  - monarchy
KW  - Weddings
KW  - Rites et ceremonies du mariage
KW  - 1500-1800
KW  - ram
KW  - Tsarer
KW  - historia
KW  - sao
KW  - Tsaritsor
KW  - Russland
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - 1613-1689
KW  - 1533-1613
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-365) and index; "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
N2  - 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
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