Catherine the Great
| By: | Simon Dixon |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781138165687 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781317894827 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2001 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Neither a comprehensive 'life and times' nor a conventional biography, this is an engaging and accessible exploration of rulership and monarchial authority in eighteenth century Russia. Its purpose is to see how Catherine II of Russia conceived of her power and how it was represented to her subjects. Simon Dixon asks essential questions about Catherin'es life and reign, and offers new and stimulating arguments about the Englightenment, the power of the monarch in early modern Europe, and the much-debated role of the "great individual" in history.