Consisting of a rare memoir and also a diary, this title provides a glimpse into the domestic life of Russia's nobility in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. By the standards of the day, Anna Labzina was relatively well educated, and she travelled widely through the Russian Empire. Yet unlike most writers of her time, she writes primarily as a dutiful, if inwardly rebellious, daughter and wife, reflecting the onerous roles assigned to women in a male-centred society. Her accounts of her spiritual development and her social sphere offer glimpses into male and female sensibilities of the...
Consisting of a rare memoir and also a diary, this title provides a glimpse into the domestic life of Russia's nobility in the late 18th and early 19t...
Historian Gary Marker traces the Russian veneration of St. Catherine of Alexandria from its beginnings in Kievan times through the onset of female rulership in the 18th century. Two narratives emerge. The first focuses on St. Catherine within Christendom and, specifically, within Russia. The second shifts attention to the second wife of Peter the Great, Catherine I, who became Russia's first crowned female ruler. In conclusion, Marker explores the evolution of divine queenship and the Catherine cult through the reigns of Elizabeth and Catherine the Great.The Russian veneration of St....
Historian Gary Marker traces the Russian veneration of St. Catherine of Alexandria from its beginnings in Kievan times through the onset of female rul...
Consisting of a rare memoir and also a diary, this title provides a glimpse into the domestic life of Russia's nobility in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. By the standards of the day, Anna Labzina was relatively well educated, and she travelled widely through the Russian Empire. Yet unlike most writers of her time, she writes primarily as a dutiful, if inwardly rebellious, daughter and wife, reflecting the onerous roles assigned to women in a male-centred society. Her accounts of her spiritual development and her social sphere offer glimpses into male and female sensibilities of the...
Consisting of a rare memoir and also a diary, this title provides a glimpse into the domestic life of Russia's nobility in the late 18th and early 19t...
Historian Gary Marker traces the Russian veneration of St. Catherine of Alexandria from its beginnings in Kievan times through the onset of female rulership in the 18th century. Two narratives emerge. The first focuses on St. Catherine within Christendom and, specifically, within Russia. The second shifts attention to the second wife of Peter the Great, Catherine I, who became Russia s first crowned female ruler. Marker then explores the evolution of divine queenship and the Catherine cult through the reigns of Elizabeth and Catherine the Great. Russia s cult of St. Catherine diverged...
Historian Gary Marker traces the Russian veneration of St. Catherine of Alexandria from its beginnings in Kievan times through the onset of female ...
Gary Marker describes the pursuit of an effective public voice by political, Church, and literary elites in Russia as synonymous with the struggle to control the printed media, showing that Russian publishing and printing evolved in a way that sharply diverged from Western experiences but that proved to be highly significant for Russian society.
Originally published in 1985.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These...
Gary Marker describes the pursuit of an effective public voice by political, Church, and literary elites in Russia as synonymous with the struggle ...
