Book contents
- Succession to the Throne in Early Modern Russia
- Succession to the Throne in Early Modern Russia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Succession to the Throne, Autocracy, and Absolutism
- 2 Designation and Heredity 1450–1533
- 3 Benediction to Election 1533–1598
- 4 Election and Heredity 1598–1645
- 5 Succession and the New Culture of the Court 1645–1689
- 6 Peter the Great and Succession 1690–1719
- 7 Peter’s Heirs and Feofan Prokopovich 1719–1725
- Epilogue and Conclusion
- References
- Index
Epilogue and Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2021
Book contents
- Succession to the Throne in Early Modern Russia
- Succession to the Throne in Early Modern Russia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Succession to the Throne, Autocracy, and Absolutism
- 2 Designation and Heredity 1450–1533
- 3 Benediction to Election 1533–1598
- 4 Election and Heredity 1598–1645
- 5 Succession and the New Culture of the Court 1645–1689
- 6 Peter the Great and Succession 1690–1719
- 7 Peter’s Heirs and Feofan Prokopovich 1719–1725
- Epilogue and Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
Succession in Russia was a matter of paternal designation, a practice not a written law, until 1722. The 1722 law had no relationship to “absolutism,” but it did frame succession in a Western context. Succession was in actuality contentious throughout the eighteenth century, until Tsar Paul proclaimed primogeniture as the law in 1797.
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- Succession to the Throne in Early Modern RussiaThe Transfer of Power 1450–1725, pp. 328 - 333Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021