Paul Bushkovitc Succession to the Throne in Early Modern (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Succession to the Throne in Early Modern RussiaCondition: NewSubtitle: The Transfer of Power 1450–1725EAN: 9781108749688ISBN: 9781108749688Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/30/2024Description: This revisionist history of succession to the throne in early modern Russia, from the Moscow princes of the fifteenth century to Peter the Great, argues that legal primogeniture never existed: the monarch designated an heir that was usually the eldest son only by custom, not by law. Overturning generations of scholarship, Paul Bushkovitch persuasively demonstrates the many paths to succession to the throne, where designation of the heir and occasional elections were part of the relations of the monarch with the ruling elite, and to some extent the larger population. Exploring how the forms of designation evolved over the centuries as Russian culture changed, and in the later seventeenth century made use of Western practices, this study shows how, when Peter the Great finally formalized the custom in 1722 by enshrining the power of the tsar to designate in law, this was not a radical innovation but was in fact consistent with the experience of the previous centuries.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBAuthor: Paul BushkovitchGenre: HistoryTopic: Law & PoliticsItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 22mmItem Weight: 596gRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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