Reform and regicide the reign of Peter III of Russia
The victim of a coup engineered by his wife, the future Catherine the Great, who portrayed him as "a libertine, a halfwit, and a drunkard whose contempt for ordinary decency and for his country made imperative his removal," Emperor Peter III has received short shrift from Russian and Weste...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press
1993.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32094796*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Origins of reform
- Emancipation of the Russian nobility
- Secularization of the ecclesiastical estates
- National revenues
- Foreign policy
- Why the coup?
- Conclusion: Russian autocracy at mid-century.
