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Catherine the Great: Profiles in Power Series
Catherine the Great Profiles in Power Series
Author: Simon Dixon
  • Author is major contributor to Channel 5 documentary on Catherine the Great, showing in November.
  • Sparkling new account of this famous Russian Empress - first in many years.
  • Popular interest fed by her notorious private life.
  • Fresh insights into how she applied "Enlightened Absolutism" in Russia.
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Catherine the Great (Catherine II of Russia) has become a legendary figure in Russian history. In this new work, Simon Dixon goes beyond the narrative to explore how she exercised her power. He analyzes the inter-relationships of consensus and control and the interaction of monarchy, nobility and bureaucracy in eighteenth century Russia, and illuminates the nature of authority in Europe of “Enlightened Absolutism” . 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 Catherine's life and reign, and offers new and stimulating arguments about the Enlightenment, the power of the monarch in early modern Europe, and the much-debated role of the "great individual" in history. Simon Disxon is Professor Modern History at the University of Leeds in 1999. He is the author of The Moderisation of Russia, 1876-1825 (1999).
ISBN-13: 9780582098039
ISBN-10: 0582098033
Publication Date: 11/9/2001
Pages: 320
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: Longman
Book Type: Paperback
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