Bride-show
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Modern representation of a Byzantine bride-show, with Theophilos (emperor)|Theophilos choosing Theodora to be his empress thumb|250px|1882 painting of Tsar Alexis of Russia choosing his bride in 1648. Painting by [[Grigory Sedov.]]
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- Byzantine Empire
- Imperial China
- Muscovite Russia
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- References
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thumb|250px|Modern representation of a Byzantine bride-show, with Theophilos (emperor)|Theophilos choosing Theodora to be his empress thumb|250px|1882 painting of Tsar Alexis of Russia choosing his bride in 1648. Painting by [[Grigory Sedov.]]
The bride-show (; ; ) was a custom of Byzantine emperors and Russian tsars to choose a wife from among the most beautiful maidens of the country. A similar practice also existed in Imperial China.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bride-show” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.