Russian Peasant Bride Theft

ISBN-13: 9780367676254 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 218 str.

John Bushnell

Opis

This book explores the history of Russian peasant bride theft - abduction, capture - from the adoption of Christianity in Kievan Rus in the late tenth century to the very early twentieth century.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. How Many Old Believers Were There? 2. Bride Theft in Russian Practice and in Religious Law 3. Old Believers and Bride Theft: An Overview 4. Bride Theft Customs 5. Bride Theft and Irregular Marriage in the 17 6. The North Russian Bridal Lament: A Complement to Bride Theft 7. A Hypothetical "Survivalist" Genealogy of 19th-Century Bride Theft Conclusion

O autorze

John Bushnell is a Professor in the Department of History at Northwestern University, USA