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A bride for the Tsar: bride-shows and marriage politics in early modern Russia
2012, NIU Press
in English
0875804489 9780875804484
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"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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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