John Bushnell

Russian Peasant Bride Theft (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000361971
• Artikelnr.: 60934903

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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