Imperial Saint: The Cult of St. Catherine and the Dawn of Female Rule in Russia by Gary Marker

Imperial Saint: The Cult of St. Catherine and the Dawn of Female Rule in Russia

Gary Marker

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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 Chri...

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