Scenarios of Power: Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarchy from Peter the Great to the Abdication of Nicholas IIPrinceton University Press, 2006年3月26日 - 491 頁 This new and abridged edition of Scenarios of Power is a concise version of Richard Wortman's award-winning study of Russian monarchy from the seventeenth century until 1917. The author breaks new ground by showing how imperial ceremony and imagery were not simply displays of the majesty of the sovereign and his entourage, but also instruments central to the exercise of absolute power in a multinational empire. In developing this interpretation, Wortman presents vivid descriptions of coronations, funerals, parades, trips through the realm, and historical celebrations and reveals how these ceremonies were constructed or reconstructed to fit the political and cultural narratives in the lives and reigns of successive tsars. He describes the upbringing of the heirs as well as their roles in these narratives and relates their experiences to the persistence of absolute monarchy in Russia long after its demise in Europe. |
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... supreme power unencumbered by other authority . Second , it implied imperial expan- sion , extensive conquests , encompassing non - Russian lands . Third , it referred to the Christian empire , the heritage of the Byzantine IV.
... authority of the Russian emperors . The monarchs of early modern Europe engaged in the same borrowing . The distinguishing feature of Russian monarchy was the persistence of a pattern of appropriation of symbols and images from abroad ...
... authority and modalities of public conduct that would prevail among the elite during each reign . As a result , ceremonies assumed different meanings and greater or lesser impor- tance as demanded by the scenario . Beginning with ...
... authority . But Russian monarchs never identified completely with the state , nor , as evolved over time in Western monarchies , allowed the state to appropriate attributes of sovereignty and immortality . They could exercise their will ...
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