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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... century . 2. Russia - Social life and customs- 19th century . 3. Russia - Court and courtiers . 4. Russia - Kings and rulers . I. Title . DK127.W67 2006 394'.4'09470903 - dc22 2005021463 British Library Cataloging - in - Publication ...
... century . Scenarios of Power approaches Russian monarchy not as a succession of tsars , with idiosyncratic traits and achievements , but as an elite institution with its own culture , expressed in a symbolic system that persisted over ...
... century , as an antithesis that was repeatedly submerged by a dominant foreign motif.1 The presentation and representation of the monarch elevated not only the ruler , but his servitors as well above the ruled . Joining imperial ...
... century rep- resentations , and performed what I call the European myth . The scenarios presenting the current ... centuries a util- itarian discourse glorified the ruler as triumphant bearer of civilization and progress . The Petrine ...
... centuries , rulers increasingly identified with the state and measured their successes in terms of its expansion and ... century this dynamic of repu- diation was tempered by assertions of dynastic continuity and devotion to a national ...