Documents of Catherine the Great : the correspondence with Voltaire and the instruction of 1767 in the English text of 1768

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Documents of Catherine the Great : the correspondence with Voltaire and the instruction of 1767 in the English text of 1768

edited by W.F. Reddaway

Cambridge University Press, 2011

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First published 1931

First paperback edition 2011

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Originally published in 1931, this volume gathers together some key documents relating to Catherine II of Russia. The text is divided into two parts: the first contains letters 1 to 159 of Catherine's correspondence with Voltaire; the second contains The Instructions to the Commissioners for Composing a New Code of Laws, created in 1767. The letters are given in the original French, whilst The Instructions are presented in an English translation from 1768. An introduction and generous notes are also provided, together with a chronological table covering events between 1762 and 1777. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Catherine's reign, Russian history, and eighteenth-century history in general.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • The correspondence with Voltaire, letters I to CLIX
  • The Grand Instructions: 1. That Russia is an European state
  • 2. Of the extent of the Russian Empire
  • 3. Of the safety of the institutions of monarchy
  • 4. That there must be a political body, to whom the care and strict execution of these laws out to be confided
  • 5. Of the situation of the people in general
  • 6. Of the laws in general
  • 7. Of the laws in particular
  • 8. Of punishments
  • 9. Of the administration of justice in general
  • 10. Of the forms of criminal courts
  • 11. That a society of citizens requires a certain fixed order
  • 12. Of the propagation of the human species in a state
  • 13. On the handicraft trades and commerce
  • 14. Of education
  • 15. Of the nobility
  • 16. Of the middling sort of people
  • 17. Of the cities
  • 18. Of inheritances
  • 19. Of the composition of laws
  • 20. Of the different statutes which require explanation
  • 21. Of good order, otherwise termed police
  • 22. Of the expences, revenues, and publick management of the finances
  • that is, of the oeconomy of the state, otherwise termed the direction of the Exchequer
  • Notes
  • Table of events, 1762-77
  • Index.

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