Succession to the throne in early modern Russia : the transfer of power, 1450-1725 /
In the medieval and early modern West succession to the throne of monarchs proceeded by primogeniture, with some explicit legal basis. In medieval Russia political theory as such did not exist. Monarchy was understood in the context of Orthodoxy. The main form of discussion was in texts that provide...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Designation and heredity 1450-1533
- Benediction to election 1533-1598
- Election and heredity 1598-1645
- Succession and the new culture of the court 1645-1689
- Peter the Great and succession 1690-1719
- Peter's heirs and Feofan Prokopovich 1719-1725.