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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... Historical Celebrations CHAPTER TWENTY - TWO Nicholas II and World War I CONCLUSION NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INDEX 361 377 397 411 415 449 453 ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich . Portrait from Portrety , vi CONTENTS •
... Novoe Vremia Polnoe Sobranie Zakonov Rossiiskoi Imperii ( Complete Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire ) RGIA Russian State Historical Archive , St. Petersburg PREFATORY NOTE This volume is meant for a broader audience ABBREVIATIONS ...
... 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 the Russian tsar's claim to exert unlimited power ...
... historical examples of heroic rule and Western ideals of enlightened government . But the European models were diverse , fluid , and open to varied interpretations . Alternative visions of Western monarchy offered the heirs antitheses ...
... historical narrative of the National myth and his father's success in crushing the revolutionary movement . His stubborn resolve fragmented the moderate forces in Russian society and denied them a role in governing the empire . The ...