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Alexander Nevsky Monastery
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autocracy theory
Baltic German Elites
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Catherine's Reign
Catherine's Russia
Catherine’s Reign
Catherine’s Russia
Charles III
Despotical Master
eighteenth-century governance
Elizabeth's Court
Enlightened Despotism
Enlightenment political thought
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Errant Boyars
European absolutism research
George III
Grigorii Orlov
Gustav III
imperial succession analysis
Imperial Theatres
Kuchuk Kainardzhi
Masterly Ability
Material Considerations
Peter III
power representation in Russian history
Provincial Reform
Russian monarchy studies
Russian Political Culture
Salus Populi Suprema Est Lex
Tsarskoe Selo
William III
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138165687
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 13 Jan 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Neither a comprehensive 'life and times' nor a conventional biography, this is an engaging and accessible exploration of rulership and monarchial authority in eighteenth century Russia. Its purpose is to see how Catherine II of Russia conceived of her power and how it was represented to her subjects. Simon Dixon asks essential questions about Catherin'es life and reign, and offers new and stimulating arguments about the Englightenment, the power of the monarch in early modern Europe, and the much-debated role of the "great individual" in history.
