Political Theology of Baroque Ruler: The Case of the Coronation Book of Empress Elizabeth of Russia
- Autores: Hanovs D.1, Teraudkalns V.2
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- Latvian Academy of Arts
- University of Latvia
- Edição: Volume 21, Nº 2 (2022): Russia and the Baltics in the 20th Century
- Páginas: 258-274
- Seção: ARTICLES
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2312-8674/article/view/322001
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-8674-2022-21-2-258-274
- ID: 322001
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The study analyses the political theology and imagery of a female Russian ruler in the first half of the 18th century in the context of the European political discourses on feminine rulers during the baroque period. The coronation ritual of Empress Elizabeth (ruled 1741-1761, crowned 25 April 1742) reflected in the coronation book (1744) illustrates the transition of European images of a baroque feminine ruler into the semiotics of westernized Russian absolutism. Elizabeth appears in the court media (sermons, engravings in the coronation book, poems, etc.) as the natural, God-given mother of all Russians, saving Orthodoxy from the political chaos of the previous rule, combining both masculine and feminine images of a ruler. The image of Elizabeth in the sermon by Archbishop of Novgorod Ambrosii illustrates a Russian variation of the political liturgy of absolutist culture in the 18th century.
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Deniss Hanovs
Latvian Academy of Arts
Email: deniss.hanovs@rsu.lv
Dr. art., Professor 16 Dzirciema iela, Rīga, LV-1007
Valdis Teraudkalns
University of Latvia
Autor responsável pela correspondência
Email: valdis.teraudkalns@lu.lv
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2367-2398
Ph.D. in theol., Professor of church history and history of religions
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