The transfigured kingdom : sacred parody and charismatic authority at the court of Peter the Great /...
The transfigured kingdom : sacred parody and charismatic authority at the court of Peter the Great /...
The transfigured kingdom : sacred parody and charismatic authority at the court of Peter the Great / Ernest A. Zitser.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
Call Numbers
N947.05/16
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
1. The Naryshkin Restoration -- 2. An unconsecrated company -- 3. Apostles and apostates -- 4. Unholy matrimony -- 5. Fathering the fatherland -- App. 2. Members of the Unholy Council.
Publication information
Publisher
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
The author suggests that by implicating Peter's "royal priesthood" in taboo-breaking, libertine ceremonies, the organizers of such "sacred parodies" inducted select members of the Russian political elite into a new system of distinctions between nobility and baseness, sacrality and profanity, tradition and modernity." "Tracing the ways in which the...
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Full title
The transfigured kingdom : sacred parody and charismatic authority at the court of Peter the Great / Ernest A. Zitser.
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Sacred parody and charismatic authority at the court of Peter the Great.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N947.05/16
Record Identifier
74VKpRWqKajA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKpRWqKajA
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ISBN
0801441471 (cased) :
9780801441479 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801441471 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801441479 (cased) :
DDC
947.05
MMS ID
991019284779702626
