The Emergence of the Eastern Powers, 1756–1775

ISBN-13: 9780521792691 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 306 str.

Scotland) H. M. Scott (University of St Andrews

Opis

During the third quarter of the eighteenth century, the European states-system was transformed by the military rise of Prussia and Russia. Eastern Europe became pre-eminent and during the 1770s, Poland was partitioned for the first time by its three neighbors, and two--Russia and Austria--also seized territory from the Ottoman empire. Europe's political center of gravity moved sharply eastwards, and by the later 1770s Russia was emerging as the leading continental state. Based on sources in six countries, this study provides the first survey of these crucial events.

Recenzje

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Spis treści

List of maps and genealogical table; Acknowledgements; A note on dates and place names; List of abbreviations; Introduction: the eighteenth-century European states system and its transformations; 1. The rise of the eastern powers; 2. The Seven Years War and the European states system; 3. The domestic legacies of the Seven Years War; 4. The stabilisation of Europe, 1763–6; 5. Diplomacy and the eastern powers; 6. From peace to war, 1766–8; 7. The partition of Europe, 1768–72; 8. The advance of Russia, 1772–5; Conclusion: Russia and the emergence of the eastern powers; Bibliography; Index.