Challenging traditional interpretations of the roles of royal women in patriarchal Muscovite society, Between God and Ts
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Table of contents :
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration and Names
Introduction
1 The Myth of the Tsaritsa's Blessed Womb
2 Helpmate to the Tsar and Intercessor for the Realm
3 The Tsaritsa as Ruler and Dynastic Link
4 The Royal Terem in the Early Romanov Period
5 Sofiia Alekseevna, the Tsarevna as Ruler
Conclusion
Glossary
Appendix: Genealogical Charts
Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
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