A bride for the Tsar
Subtitle: bride-shows and marriage politics in early modern Russia
By: Russell E. Martin
Publisher: NIU Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: DeKalb, IL
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780875804484; 9781609090548
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Marriages of royalty and nobility; Marriage customs and rites; Bride shows; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "It would be best to marry the daughter of one of his subjects": the origins of the bride-show in Muscovy; title: "Without any regard for noble ancestry": picking a bride for the Tsar; title: "If you marry a second time, you will have an evil child born to you": bride-shows and Muscovite political culture; title: "To assuage the melancholy": the many wives of Ivan IV; title: "Scheming to be rid of the chosen tsarevna": conflict and conspiracy in the Romanov bride-shows; title: "Worthy because the tsar adores you": the last bride-shows and the return of the foreign-born brides.