Le conseil du tsar dans la culture politique de l'époque pétrovienne
Résumé
In Russia, as elsewhere, autocrats regularly consulted with their immediate entourage. The nature of these consultations evolved over time, and these changes in turn affected the evolution of governing practices. In medieval Russia, the ritualized consultations between the prince (the tsar) and his retainers were based on a model of Christ deliberating with the apostles. The political troubles of the late seventeenth century coincided with the final crisis encountered by this ideological model.