title: The origin of Russian absolutism in the context of the military revolution theory
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metadata.value: Nefedov, Sergey Alexandrovich
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metadata.value: 2023-06-20T08:50:38Z
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metadata.value: 2023-06-20T08:50:38Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-12
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metadata.value: Nefedov, Sergey Alexandrovich. The origin of Russian absolutism in the context of the military revolution theory, in Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana. 2022. № 2. Pp. 3-14. DOI https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu19.2022.201
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu19.2022.201
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/41608
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metadata.value: The article is devoted to the interpretation of socio-political processes during the reign of 
  Ivan the Terrible from the standpoint of the theory of military revolution. Following the well-known 
  work of B. Downing, the author identifies ten stages in the evolution of the medieval monarchy to military bureaucratic absolutism. Such cases are described in the history of the Scandinavian states. Further, the 
  socio-political processes of the times of Ivan the Terrible are analyzed from the point of view of their corre spondence to the distinguished steps. It is concluded that these processes follow the scheme of B. Downing. 
  The starting point of development is the medieval monarchy, in which the power of the suzerain is limited 
  to assemblies (conditionally, «parliaments»), where aristocrats predominate, managing the resources of their 
  land holdings. The military revolution downgrades the importance of chivalry and requires the creation of 
  a large army of firearms-wielding mercenary infantrymen. Funding a new army requires a reallocation of 
  resources to the detriment of the aristocracy. The «Parliaments» resist these demands, and a conflict ensues 
  between the monarchs and the aristocracy. The new army ensures the victory of the monarchs. Monarchs 
  abolish «parliaments» or deprive them of real powers. The victorious monarchs subdue the nobility, take 
  away some of its resources. Reforms are being carried out, a new financial system is being created. A new 
  bureaucracy is being created, and commoners are recruited for positions. The nobility is trying to fit into these 
  new structures by taking office positions. Taking into account the criticism of the concept of «absolutism»
  in the context of the possibility of informal compromises between the monarch and the aristocracy, the author 
  confines himself to considering cases where such compromises obviously could not have happened, when 
  the monarch completely subordinated the aristocracy. The author notes that this conclusion is preliminary, 
  and the problem requires further detailed research.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana;Volume 32; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: absolutism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: autocracy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: military revolution theory
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ivan the Terrible
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Boyar Duma
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: oprichnina
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: level of taxation
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The origin of Russian absolutism in the context of the military revolution theory
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metadata.value: Article
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