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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... foreign images of political power. Arising on the ruins of the Mongol empire, far from the Roman empire, and at the periphery of the Byzantine empire, Russian princes and the early tsars had difficulty creating native images of ...
... foreign origin, analogies with or imitation of foreign rulers. In all cases, the source of sacrality was distant from Russia whether it was beyond the sea, whence the original Viking princes came, or located in the image of Byzantium ...
... foreign image, in this case the image of what was believed to have been typical of Byzantine emperors. The service elite displayed their adherence to the tsar's sovereign power by joining him in the performance of the role of “pious ...
... foreign features from childhood. He never grew a beard, the traditional Orthodox sign of godliness. In the early 1690s, he began wearing Western clothing. To the horror of the hierarchy, he ate meat during fasts and remained indifferent ...
... foreign forms exemplifying sovereignty. He redefined the ruler as a foreign force in a way that permitted him to embark on far-reaching changes. Ceremonies prepared the way for reform as the beginning of a new tradition. Peter's new foreign ...