230 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
230 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
230 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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. It argues that bride theft in eighteenth and nineteenth century Russia was practised in large part by, but not exclusively by, Old Believers, the schismatics who rejected the Church reforms of the... Read more
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
Biography
John Bushnell is a Professor in the Department of History at Northwestern University, USA
