{"id":5884,"date":"2015-10-21T22:38:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T02:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/?p=5884"},"modified":"2015-10-21T22:54:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T02:54:16","slug":"dead-or-alive-youre-coming-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/2015\/10\/21\/dead-or-alive-youre-coming-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead or Alive, You\u2019re Coming with Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Peter the Great tries to westernize Russia, he enacts many reforms that follow a similar pattern. \u00a0One pattern that I was able to discern from the readings was that each reform had a part in limiting the power of the church or\u00a0Boyars. \u00a0The church is seen to be limited\u00a0with the role of priests. \u00a0To become a priest you must be taught by a bishop and formally trained. \u00a0A person cannot just decide to be a priest because he wants to reap the benefits of the position. \u00a0Priests are not able to make any commercial gains from baptisms or any sort of service. \u00a0They are to must represent a good lifestyle and not set a bad example for those around them (RS, 334-36). \u00a0 Education begins to become a requirement for admission into the elite class as well and you would not be considered for the position of a noble without being educated. \u00a0This forced elites to receive an education outside of traditional religious instruction, perhaps undermining the church (RS, 246-49). Peter seems to be at least trying to enact requirements for positions, instead of letting the less qualified gain these positions.<\/span><\/p>\n

It seems that Peter\u2019s intent for the Table of Ranks was to undermine the power of the Boyars. \u00a0The Table of Ranks introduces how rank is attained and clearly displays which classes have more power compared to the others. \u00a0One sentence from the eighth statute\u00a0is striking as it states, \u201c… We shall proffer no rank to those who have rendered no service to Us and the fatherland\u2026.\u201d. \u00a0This really drives the point that your rank is decided by how useful you are to the state, not entirely by lineage. \u00a0If a noble does not follow this rank and acts higher than their rank, they would be fined. \u00a0This could\u2019ve been put in place to deter any Boyars trying to act out of place (RS, 228-29). \u00a0The factor of lineage is not completely taken out of determining class, but what you are able to do for the state seems to become a more vital part of the process. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kneller, Godfrey. 1698. N.p.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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