The Emergence of the Eastern Powers, 1756–1775

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ID23138752
AuthorsH M Scott (0000-0002-0538-5961, University of St Andrews, corresponding author)
Year2001
Publication date2001-11-15
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueEmergence of the Eastern Powers, 1756-1775 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511496905
OpenAlexW4210841285
ISBN9780511496905
Open LibraryOL34438678M
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Throughout the nineteenth century, international relations in Europe were dominated by five great powers - Britain, France, Russia, Austria and Prussia. The creation of this system has been located traditionally in the long struggle with revolutionary and Napoleonic France. By contrast, this study demonstrates that its origins lie half a century earlier. During the third quarter of the eighteenth century, the European states-system was transformed by the military rise of Russia and Prussia in the Seven Years War of 1756–63. Eastern Europe became pre-eminent, and during the 1770s Poland was partitioned for the first time, while Russia and Austria also seized territory from the Ottoman empire. Europe's centre of gravity moved sharply eastwards, and by the later 1770s Russia was emerging as the leading continental power. This study, based upon manuscript and printed sources from six countries, provides a comprehensive analysis of these crucial events.

Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic history · Empire · Geography · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Quarter (Canadian coin) · European Political History Analysis · History · Law

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