HSTR 240A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Michael I Of Russia, Absolute Monarchy, Compulsory Education
31 Oct 2016
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Hstr 240 lecture 10: prussia and russia with absolutist rule. Trampled rights of langtage: representative assembly to create an army. But junkers- noble landowning class- got to enserf peasants and avoid taxation. Junkers wanted to be compensated: extensive rights over the people who work on their lands and avoid all of the taxation that frederick passes/wanted to pass. Army 30,000 in war; 7,000 at peace. Still brandenburg-prussia a fragile and small state. Wasn"t clear of how things ill fan out. Absolutism was key to have control of potential threat to the throne. Looked to louis xiv as a role model. 1701: crowned king frederick i of prussia. Tried to recruit big guys (lange kerls) for his army. Had the ideas of the bigger the better for his army- wanted average height to be bigger. Increased power same way as his grandfather- can exploit more power over the peasants. An army and a country that serves it .
