EMPIRE, NATION-STATE, AND CONSTITUTION: THE RELATIONSHIP OF THESE CONCEPTS IN POST-NAPOLEONIC EUROPE IN 1816-1822

Abstract

This article examines the history of the concepts of "constitution", "national state", "Empire" in the context of the history of ideas and develops their place in the context of the ideas of "cameralism"and" modern state". The interpretation of these concepts at the beginning of the XIX century is revealed. In this article, the research is based on the French "Constitutional Charter" of 1814 y. and the "State Charter of the Russian Empire" of 1820 y., under the authorship of Nikolai Novosiltsev. These documents consider the reflection of the concepts of "empire" and "nation-state" in the context of the era under consideration. As a result, we can say that the French "Constitutional Charter" of 1814 y. reflects the consolidation of the French nation and the space of the empire. The Russian constitutional project "State Charter of the Russian Empire" of 1820 y., under the authorship of Nikolai Novosiltsev, builds a "national state" with the appearance of the Russian imperial nation, but with the conditions for building an empire.