The emergence of the Eastern powers, 1756-1775
During the later eighteenth century, the European states-system was transformed by the military rise of Prussia and Russia, and by the later 1770s Russia was emerging as the leading continental state. This study, based on sources in six countries, provides an analysis of these crucial events.
Print Book, English, 2001
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2001
xv, 285 pages ; 24 cm.
9780521792691, 052179269X
45888917
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, 1763-1766
5. Diplomacy and the eastern powers
6. From peace to war, 1766-1768
7. The partition of Europe, 1768-1772
8. The advance of Russia, 1772-1775
Conclusion: Russia and the emergence of the eastern powers
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