Russian Monarchy: Representation and Rule - Imperial Russia Abridged edition

Examines the political culture of the Russian monarchy as it influenced aspects of historical development, such as law, representations of family, and concepts of nation and empire. The articles show how the narratives described in the author's two-volume study, Scenarios of Power, guided monarchical rule, shaped the thought patterns of the political and social elite, and set the parameters of compromise that so constrained the policies of imperial Russia.