Enlightened Despotism In Russia

Author : James F. Brennan
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015000012089

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Enlightened Despotism in Russia by James F. Brennan Pdf

Generally when historians consider englightened despotism in Russia they turn to the reign of Catherine the Great. The twenty-year reign of her predecessor, Elisabeth Petrovna, is ignored as some sort of «dark age». With the passage of time, scholars have found that elements of enlightened despotism were well developed before Catherine. Internal tariffs were abolished in 1753, law codes were written but not enacted, Moscow University was opened in 1755, the death penality was unofficially abolished, the Academy of Fine Arts was founded and efforts were made to spread education. Indeed, there were unenlightened aspects of the period, such as the treatment of Jews and Old Believers. But if the Seven Years' War had not interrupted the process, there is little doubt that the reign of Elisabeth would be the one historians would first consider when studying Russian enlightened despotism.

Author : John G. Gagliardo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Europe
ISBN : UVA:X000618306

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Enlightened Despotism by John G. Gagliardo Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Bruun
Publisher : Gloucester, Mass. : P. Smith
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Despotism
ISBN : UCAL:B3479457

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The Enlightened Despots by Geoffrey Bruun Pdf

Author : Cynthia H. Whittaker,Edward Kasinec,Robert H. Davis
Publisher : Belknap Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : 0674011937

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Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825 by Cynthia H. Whittaker,Edward Kasinec,Robert H. Davis Pdf

Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825, an elegant new book created by a team of leading historians in collaboration with The New York Public Library, traces Russia's development from an insular, medieval, liturgical realm centered on Old Muscovy, into a modern, secular, world power embodied in cosmopolitan St. Petersburg. Featuring eight essays and 120 images from the Library's distinguished collections, it is both an engagingly written work and a striking visual object. Anyone interested in the dramatic history of Russia and its extraordinary artifacts will be captivated by this book. Before the late fifteenth century, Europeans knew virtually nothing about Muscovy, the core of what would become the "Russian Empire." The rare visitor--merchant, adventurer, diplomat--described an exotic, alien place. Then, under the powerful tsar Peter the Great, St. Petersburg became the architectural embodiment and principal site of a cultural revolution, and the port of entry for the Europeanization of Russia. From the reign of Peter to that of Catherine the Great, Russia sought increasing involvement in the scientific advancements and cultural trends of Europe. Yet Russia harbored a certain dualism when engaging the world outside its borders, identifying at times with Europe and at other times with its Asian neighbors. The essays are enhanced by images of rare Russian books, illuminated manuscripts, maps, engravings, watercolors, and woodcuts from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, as well as the treasures of diverse minority cultures living in the territories of the Empire or acquired by Russian voyagers. These materials were also featured in an exhibition of the same name, mounted at The New York Public Library in the fall of 2003, to celebrate the tercentenary of St. Petersburg.

Author : Robert Zaretsky
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674737907

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Catherine & Diderot by Robert Zaretsky Pdf

In a dual biography crafted around the famous encounter between the French philosopher who wrote about power and the Russian empress who wielded it with great aplomb, Robert Zaretsky invites us to reflect on the fraught relationship between politics and philosophy, and between a man of thought and a woman of action.

Author : H.M. Scott
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781349205929

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Enlightened Absolutism by H.M. Scott Pdf

Each book in this series is designed to make available to students important new work on key historical problems and periods that they encounter. Each volume, devoted to a central topic or theme, contains specially comisssioned essays from scholars in the relevant field. These provide an assessment of a particular aspect, pointing out areas of development and controversy and indicating where conclusions can be drawn or where further work is necessary, while an editorial introduction reviews the problem or period as a whole. In this text the contributors assess reform and reformers in late 18th century Europe, covering such topics as Catherine the Great, the Danish reformers, the Habsburg Monarchy and events in Spain and Italy.

Author : Walter Oppenheim
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Despotism
ISBN : 0340535598

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Europe and the Enlightened Despots by Walter Oppenheim Pdf

This text focuses on two main themes: the ideas of the enlightened thinkers of the 18th century; and the extent to which such concepts were utilized by European monarchs. The discussion considers why these rulers were anxious to be associated with enlightened ideas, yet so rarely put them into practice. The minor rulers who can be classed as enlightened despots and the influence of the Enlightenment on the conduct of foreign policy are also considered.

Author : W. Gareth Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521111447

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Nikolay Novikov by W. Gareth Jones Pdf

Nikolay Novikov (1744-1818) was a key figure in Russian cultural life under Catherine the Great. He was in turn a successful journalist, historiographer, educator, publisher, leading freemason and philanthropist and he left his distinctive mark on each of these spheres at a formative moment in Russia. This book is a Western study of Novikov's complete career and it shows how he responded to Catherine's enlightened despotism in cultural matters and why their ways eventually parted. Novikov is viewed here not only as a founding father of the Russian intelligentsia, but as a representative of the general European Enlightenment, who discovered and encouraged a new generation of writers. A knowledge of Novikov and the kind of enlightenment he strove to spread in Russia is important for an understanding of the particular cast of mind evident in Russian thought and writings in the nineteenth century. The book will therefore be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students of Russian literature and intellectual history.

Author : Gilbert Faccarello,Masashi Izumo
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781788977579

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Malthus Across Nations by Gilbert Faccarello,Masashi Izumo Pdf

The writings of Thomas Robert Malthus continue to resonate today, particularly An Essay on the Principle of Population which was published more than two centuries ago. Malthus Across Nations creates a fascinating picture of the circulation of his economic and demographic ideas across different countries, highlighting the reception of his works in a variety of nations and cultures. This unique book offers not only a fascinating piece of comparative analysis in the history of economic thought but also places some of today’s most pressing debates into an accurate historical perspective, thereby improving our understanding of them.

Author : Hamish M. Scott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015017696561

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Enlightened Absolutism by Hamish M. Scott Pdf

An examination of 18th-century absolutism.

Author : Simon Dixon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317894827

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Catherine the Great by Simon Dixon Pdf

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.

Author : Thomas Hobbes
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486122144

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Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes Pdf

Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.

Author : Erich Donnert
Publisher : Hippocrene Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040575032

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Russia in the Age of Enlightenment by Erich Donnert Pdf

Author : Inna Gorbatov
Publisher : Academica Press,LLC
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9781933146034

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Catherine the Great and the French Philosophers of the Enlightenment by Inna Gorbatov Pdf

This research monograph is the result of many years of archival investigation in Russia, France and elsewhere into the nature of Catherine the Great's involvement with the French Enlightenment. Professor Gorbatov's conclusions go far beyond the consensus of philosophic and cultural interests masking an authoritarian and, at times, barbarous emerging European power and delves instead into Catherine's fascination with French political and social ideals. Catherine's thirty-four year reign was marked by a furious wholesale consumption of French arts and objets as well as a lavish patronage of French artists and philosophers. Even Rousseau, the self proclaimed "enemy of monarchs", was seriously studied (though detested) and debated by Catherine and her circle as the Czarina attempted to reform the educational system. It is this theme of reform and renewal, along with Europeanization, that provides the great impetus of interest and patronage towards the philosophes and their ideas. Professor Gorbatov also shows the effect of Catherine's interest on the higher aristocracy, writers, and emergent professional classes that was to reach a intellectual and political crisis upon the outbreak of the French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon and her grandson's battles with the Decembrists.

Author : Pietro Rossi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110420722

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The Boundaries of Europe by Pietro Rossi Pdf

Europe’s boundaries have mainly been shaped by cultural, religious, and political conceptions rather than by geography. This volume of bilingual essays from renowned European scholars outlines the transformation of Europe’s boundaries from the fall of the ancient world to the age of decolonization, or the end of the explicit endeavor to “Europeanize” the world.From the decline of the Roman Empire to the polycentrism of today’s world, the essays span such aspects as the confrontation of Christian Europe with Islam and the changing role of the Mediterranean from “mare nostrum” to a frontier between nations. Scandinavia, eastern Europe and the Atlantic are also analyzed as boundaries in the context of exploration, migratory movements, cultural exchanges, and war. The Boundaries of Europe, edited by Pietro Rossi, is the first installment in the ALLEA book series Discourses on Intellectual Europe, which seeks to explore the question of an intrinsic or quintessential European identity in light of the rising skepticism towards Europe as an integrated cultural and intellectual region.