Cynthia Hyla Whittaker
Biographic Data
| ID | 1029688 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cynthia Hyla Whittaker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cynthia Hyla |
| FAMILY NAME | Whittaker |
| SIGNATURE | WHITTAKER C H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Idea of Autocracy among Eighteenth-Century Russian Historians
The idea of autocracy changed profoundly in eighteenth-century Russia. Among the educated elite, secular justification for power replaced religious sanction. Dynamic change legitimized the office rather than maintenance of stability. Rationalist arguments superseded acceptance based on tradition. The figure of the Russian autocrat as the equivalent of other European absolutist monarchs supplanted the image of an isolated and unique Orthodox ruler…
The Idea of Autocracy among Eighteenth-Century Russian Historians
The idea of autocracy changed profoundly in eighteenth-century Russia. Among the educated elite, secular justification for power replaced religious sanction. Dynamic change legitimized the office rather than maintenance of stability. Rationalist arguments superseded acceptance based on tradition. The figure of the Russian autocrat as the equivalent of other European absolutist monarchs supplanted the image of an isolated and unique Orthodox ruler…
The Idea of Autocracy among Eighteenth-Century Russian Historians
The idea of autocracy changed profoundly in eighteenth-century Russia. Among the educated elite, secular justification for power replaced religious sanction. Dynamic change legitimized the office rather than maintenance of stability. Rationalist arguments superseded acceptance based on tradition. The figure of the Russian autocrat as the equivalent of other European absolutist monarchs supplanted the image of an isolated and unique Orthodox ruler…
American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Autocracy (1 work) · Democracy (1 work) · Economic history (1 work) · European Political History Analysis (1 work) · History (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Political science (1 work) · Politics (1 work)