3. A Question of Legitimacy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Searching for Enlightenment 1
5. Part I. WISDOM AND WICKEDNESS, 1500–1689
6. 2. God and Politics in Muscovy 23
7. 3. A Question of Legitimacy 102
8. 4. Visions of the State at Mid-Century 131
9. 5. Church and Politics in Late Muscovy 167
10. Part II. WAYS OF VIRTUE, 1689–1762
11. 6. Church, State, and Society under Peter 245
12. 7. Virtue and Politics after Peter 318
13. Part III. STRAINING TOWARD LIGHT, 1762–1801
14. 8. Catherine II and Enlightenment 381
15. 9. Nikita Panin and Imperial Power 411
16. 10. Denis Fonvizin and Political Art 423
17. 11. Gavriil Derzhavin: Poetry and True Belief 473
18. 12. Ideas on Church and State 524
19. 13. Law and Enlightenment: Ivan Tret’iakov and Semen Desnitskii 566
20. 14. Novikov and the Moderate Enlightenment 611
21. 15. Radishchev and the “Radical” Enlightenment 628
22. 16. The Enigma of Mikhail Shcherbatov 675
23. 17. Karamzin’s Enlightened Conservatism 698
24. Conclusion: Russia’s Path toward Enlightenment 727
25. Notes 745
26. Index 869