Ritual and Social Drama at the Muscovite Court
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4211071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy Shields Kollmann (0009-0001-2462-8228, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 486-502 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2499053 |
| OpenAlex | W2324868611 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
Some of the few moments of comic relief to be found in Muscovite historical texts are provided in Grigorii Karpovich Kotoshikhin's description of the Muscovite government. Kotoshikhin was an undersecretary (pod'iachii) of the Foreign Affairs Bureau (Posol'skii prikaz) who defected to Sweden and in 1666-1667 wrote an account of Muscovy's court and administration. He is the source of the dubious assertion that the tsar's daughters (tsarevny) were not married outside the country because they were stupid and illiterate and would bring shame on the tsar's family. Kotoshikhin also relates a comical episode in which a leading boyar refused to sit at a banquet next to a man he considered his social inferior. The protesting boyar was forcibly held at his assigned place while he kicked and screamed and finally wriggled out of the grasp of the tsar's attendants and slid under the table, rather than sit by a demeaning dinner partner
Art · Art history · Banquet · Cowardice · Drama · Literature · Political science · Shame · Classics · Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2006 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |