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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... institution with its own culture , expressed in a symbolic system that persisted over time and adapted to new demands and influences . Successive generations of heirs to the throne grew up within a world of ceremonial performance ...
... institution with roots in the Russian people . The dominant trope of both myths remained one of conquest , the rulers ' acts presented as triumphs of valor over the empires ' foes or the legacy of incompetence left from previous reigns ...
... institution , the monarch's space — his family , his friends , lovers , favorites — and the state , the official space of the institutions of the tsarist administration . In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries , rulers ...
... institutions of state , many of which were staffed by officials loyal to the principles of legality and openness that had gained acceptance during the era of great reforms . This rift widened during the reign of Nicholas II . With the ...
... institutions after the revolution of 1905 , Nicholas was faced with the task of restoring , not preserving autocratic power . His scenario pre- sented him in close spiritual rapport with the peasants , who he believed rep- resented the ...