Centralisation of power

The decimation of the traditional nobility allowed the Crown to centralise power, replacing over-mighty regional magnates with loyal administrators and expanding the role of Justices of the Peace.

Napoleon transformed French administration and law to centralise power and ensure stability, establishing a highly centralised system using Prefects appointed directly by the First Consul.

Stalin transformed the ideological landscape, shifting from Lenin's collective leadership model to a highly centralised, personal dictatorship to secure his absolute political authority.

The process by which Henry II centralised legal authority under the Crown through the Assize of Clarendon, the jury of presentment, itinerant justices and returnable writs.

Robespierre emerged as a dominant figure, advocating centralisation to save the Republic, and the Federalist rebels opposed the centralisation of power in Paris.

A growing concentration of authority accelerated by the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and Civil War, with the Cheka, War Communism and the Red Army imposing control.