| Titre | The Russian and the Baltic German nobility in the eighteenth century | |
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| Auteur | Roger Bartlett | |
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Revue |
Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique |
| Numéro | volume 34, no 1-2, janvier-juin 1993 Noblesse, État et société en Russie XVIe - début du XIXe siècle | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | IV |
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| Page | 233-243 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Roger Bartlett, The Russian and the Baltic German nobility in the eighteenth century.
As a result of Peter I's conquest of Livonia, the Baltic German nobility brought into the Russian Empire a social structure, world view and tradition of local autonomy quite different from those of its Russian counterpart. In the second half of the eighteenth century, for the Russian nobility, Baltic privilege and particularism could be a source of resentment and hostility. On the other hand, the Baltic nobility and its institutional structures were seen by many Russian nobles as models to be emulated; and already in the eighteenth century Baltic nobles began to develop a high profile in Imperial government service. Catherine II herself drew upon Baltic practice in drafting her 1775 Provincial Reform (local government, estate / soslovie organization, etc.) before imposing its provisions on the Baltic provinces themselves. This paper charts the comparisons between the two noble groups and examines their status in the light of the developments of the seconf half of the eighteenth century. While the Russian legislation - especially of 1762 and 1785 - trought the Russian nobility significantly closer to the position of the Baltic nobles, the restoration of Baltic privileged autonomy and other measures of Paul and Alexander I enabled the latter to re-establish their separate position. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1993_num_34_1_2349 |
