Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Terminology, Titles, Personal Names, and Geographical Locations -- 1 Introduction -- Historical Background -- 2 How to Convey a Bride or Groom? Ways and Means -- Planning the Route -- Planning the Time -- The Means of Travel -- Lodgings -- 3 'Quite Inappropriate to Let Such a Lady Travel Alone.' Entourage -- Who was in? Composition and Structure of Wedding Entourage
Why So Great? Rules and Trespassing of Them -- Who Could Be the Princess's Companion? -- Marital Symmetry: The Other Wedding Party Objections -- Why to Join? Motivations of Travel Companions -- Maintaining Moral Profile -- 4 'Her Highness was Greeted in Every Place of This Country.' Festival and Ceremony -- Public Festivals and Spectacles -- Festivisation -- Hosting a Foreign Prince(ss) -- Sacred Ceremonies -- 5 "Forget Your People and Your Father's House!" Ritual Transition -- Farewell and Separation -- Incorporation -- Handing-Over Ceremony? -- Meeting the Spouse -- Tokens of Incorporation
6 'The Occasion of This Sort Presents Itself Rarely.' Princess's Power and Agency on the Way -- Getting into the Role -- Learning Language -- Power and Agency -- Social Networking -- 7 'Now, The Day Has Come, About Which I Have Learned From Histories.' Memory and Praise -- Triumph and Joy -- Toil and Hardship -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Maps -- Appendix 2 Glossary of Prince(sse)s and Journeys -- Bibliography -- Index
