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Imperial Saint: The Cult of St. Catherine and the Dawn of Female Rule in Russia
Northern Illinois University Press, 2011 Paper: 978-0-87580-666-2 | Cloth: 978-0-87580-375-3 Library of Congress Classification BX4700.C45.M37 2007 Dewey Decimal Classification 272.1092
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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. See other books on: Christianity and politics | Cult | Eastern | Queens | Russia See other titles from Northern Illinois University Press |
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