History A-Level
The Service State
What The Service State means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of The Service State
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The Petrine system was significantly redefined as the nobility gradually emancipated themselves from compulsory state service, culminating in the 1762 Manifesto.
Topics that use The Service State
- 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – The epoch of palace coups, 1725–1762 (AQA A-Level)
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