Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia: Collected Essays by Isabel de Madariaga

By Isabel de Madariaga and Madariaga

Book Overview

This is a collection of thirteen major essays (four never previously published in English, and others not readily available) by one of the most distinguished Western historians of eighteenth-century Russia. Prefaced by an extensive Introduction they combine to make a closely integrated whole which challenges the conventional view of imperial Russia as a semi-barbaric outsider on the edge of continental Europe. In particular it explores the way Russia absorbed, and participated in, the ideas of the Enlightenment. Themes treated include: Autocracy and Sovereignty; civil rights; serfdom; penal policy; freemasonry; educational reform; Catherine the Great as an enlightened absolutist; and various aspects of the world of ideas during her reign. This is a substantial contribution not just to the history of Russia, but to early modern Europe generally.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582322553
• ISBN13: 9780582322554
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"