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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... , though I refer to some others in the text . Those inter- ested in the omitted footnotes and illustrations , I urge to consult the original volumes . INTRODUCTION Scenarios of Power The Splendor of Russian imperial ceremonies III.
... ceremonies and celebrations is a gener- ally known historical fact , as is the persistence of absolute monarchy long after it had disappeared in the West . This book contends that the drama of the presentations of the Russian court and ...
... ceremonies , the elite displayed their personal bond with the monarch and their preemi- nence before the subject population . Max Weber pointed out that elites per- form ceremonies to justify their collective domination to themselves ...
... Ceremonies figured not as discrete and unrelated events but as episodes in the monarch's ongoing scenario . They exemplified attitudes toward authority and modalities of public conduct that would prevail among the elite during each ...
... ceremonies of popular adulation of the Russian people for their Westernized absolute monarch . The tale of the invitation of the Varangians to rule over Rus ' became an emblematic histor- ical expression of the Russian people's lasting ...