The Tsar's Happy Occasion: Ritual and Dynasty in the Weddings of Russia's Rulers, 1495–1745 150175484X, 9781501754845

Tsar's Happy Occasion: Ritual and Dynasty in the Weddings of Russia's Rulers, 1495-1745 150175484X, 9781501754845

The Tsar's Happy Occasion shows how the vast, ornate affairs that were royal weddings in early modern Russia were c

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The Tsar's Happy Occasion: Ritual and Dynasty in the Weddings of Russia's Rulers, 1495–1745 9781501754869

The Tsar's Happy Occasion offers a sweeping, yet penetrating cultural history of the power of rituals and the ritua

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The Begums of Bhopal: A Dynasty of Women Rulers in Raj India 9780755626144, 9780755632831

Between 1819 and 1926 four Muslim women rulers reigned over Bhopal, the second largest Muslim state of India, despite st

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Water and Ritual: The Rise and Fall of Classic Maya Rulers 0292709994, 9780292709997

In the southern Maya lowlands, rainfall provided the primary and, in some areas, the only source of water for people and

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Water and Ritual: The Rise and Fall of Classic Maya Rulers 9780292795839

In the southern Maya lowlands, rainfall provided the primary and, in some areas, the only source of water for people and

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The Severan Dynasty: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Roman Empire’s Rulers Before Rome’s Imperial Crisis

*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Include

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Rulers of Babylonia: From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination (1157-612 BC) 9781442657052

This volume contains a short introduction for each ruler. Every inscription is accompanied by an introductory statement,

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Modern Japan Through Its Weddings: Gender, Person, and Society in Ritual Portrayal 9781503621510

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Rulers of Babylonia : from the second dynasty of Isin to the end of Assyrian domination (1157-612 BC) 9781442657052, 1442657057

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Writing of Weddings in Middle-Period China, The Text and Ritual Practice in the Eighth through Fourteenth Centuries 9780791470732, 0791470733, 9780791480151, 0791480151, 9781435616691, 1435616693

Approaching writing as a form of cultural practice and understanding text as an historical object, this book not only re

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