The Petrine Instauration

Religion, Esotericism and Science at the Court of Peter the Great, 1689-1725
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-21567-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 590 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1111 g

Reihe: Aries Book Series

The reign of Peter the Great (1672-1725) was marked by an unprecedented wave of reform in Russia. This book provides an innovative reappraisal of the Petrine Age, in which hitherto neglected aspects of the tsar’s transformation of his country are studied. More specifically, the reforms enacted by the tsar are assessed in light of the religious notion of instauration – a belief in the restoration of Adamic knowledge in the last age – and a historical and cultural analysis of the impact of Western esotericism at the Russian court. This book will appeal to scholars of Russian history and religion, as well as being of wider interest to those studying Western esotericism in Early Modern and eighteenth-century Europe.

Zielgruppe

Those interested in eighteenth-century Russian history, the history of Western esotericism, the history of religion, the history of medicine, the history of science in Russia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collis, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Eklektizismus, Esoterik, Anthroposophie, Theosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Collis, Robert
Robert Collis, Ph. D. (2008) in History, University of Turku, is Leverhulme Research Fellow at The University of Sheffield.