Scenarios of Power: Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarchy from Peter the Great to the Abdication of Nicholas II - New Abridged One-Volume EditionPrinceton University Press, 2013年10月31日 - 512 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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... Russian Tsar CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Inauguration of a National Myth CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Resurrection of Muscovy CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Life and Death of a Russian Tsar CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Nicholas II as Heir and Husband CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The ...
... Russian tsar's claim to exert unlimited power were closely related. Symbolic display served as an essential mechanism of tsarist rule. Carefully staged ceremonies and celebrations, the coronations foremost among them, demonstrated the ...
... Russian monarchs and the emergence of their public personalities before they ascended the throne. Scenarios, as we ... tsar's native characteristics and tried to show the close ethnic and spiritual bonds between tsar and people. The ...
... tsar and autocrat. The word “tsar” had been used by Russian princes principally as a title for address of the Tatar khan and the Byzantine emperor. It came to connote a Christian emperor as distinguished from the pagan emperors of ...
... Russian church hierarchs themselves created the tales in order to enhance the standing of the ruler of Rus'. The tales elevated both tsar and clergy as heirs to the Byzantine imperial mission of defending the faith. The symbiotic ...