Russian monarchy : representation and rule : collected articles /

Wortman, Richard,

Russian monarchy : representation and rule : collected articles / Richard Wortman. - 1 online resource. - Imperial encounters in Russian history . - Imperial encounters in Russian history. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Russian monarchy and the symbolic sphere -- Russian monarchy and law -- Russian monarchy and the rule of law : new considerations of the court reform of 1864 -- The representation of dynasty and "fundamental laws" in the evolution of Russian monarchy -- Review of Anatolii Viktorovich Remnev, Samoderzhavnoe Pravitelʹstvo : Komitet Ministrov v sisteme vysshego upravlenia Rossiiskoi imperii (vtoraia polovina XIX -- nachalo XX veka) -- Scenarios of family and nation -- The Russian Empress as mother -- The Russian Imperial family as symbol -- Narratives of monarch and nation -- The invention of tradition and the representation of Russian monarchy -- National narratives in the representation of nineteenth-century Russian monarchy -- Moscow and Petersburg : the probelm of political center in Tsarist Russia, 1881-1914 -- Nicholas II and the Revolution of 1905 -- Russian monarchy and the imperial state -- The Russian Empire and Russian monarchy : the problem of Russian nationalism -- The "integrity" (tselostʹ) of the State in Imperial Russian representation -- The Tsar and Empire : representation of the monarchy and symbolic integration in Imperial Russia -- Richard S. Wortman : a bibliography (1962-2013) / by Ernest A. Zitser. Part I Part II Part III Part IV

This book explores the effect of the symbolic and mythical representations of the Russian imperial government on law, administrative practice, and concepts of national and imperial identities throughout centuries of monarchical rule. Richard Wortman demonstrates how the ideologies behind such representations shaped the thought patterns not only of the Tsar and the imperial family but also of the Russian political and social elite. He characterizes the monarchy as an active agent in Russia's political experience, one whose dominant role was resisting change until the inevitable collapse facing all absolute monarchies.

9781618112590 1618112597 9781618118547 1618118544 9781618112583 1618112589

22573/ctt21h4hk1 JSTOR 104931 Knowledge Unlatched

2012533379


1689-1801


BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--General.
HISTORY--Former Soviet Republics.--Europe
HISTORY--Russia & the Former Soviet Union.--Europe
HISTORY--Essays.
Kings and rulers.
Politics and government
Russia


Russia--Kings and rulers.
Russia--Politics and government--1689-1801.
Russia (Federation)


Electronic book.
Electronic books.

DK127 / .W67 2013

394/.4094709033