The Middle Kingdoms Quotes

“The Orthodox religion emerged out of the Byzantine Empire, whose rulers governed with an almost unlimited power as both the servant and image of God. Orthodoxy embraced this ideal, emphasizing in its rituals and ceremony the authority of the monarch, whose power came directly from God.”
― Martyn Rady, The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe

“Cameralists frequently advocated what amounted to ‘a programme of total regulation’. Their regulations drilled deep, laying down the types of crop and trees to be cultivated, where bridges and hospitals should be built, what people should eat to keep them nourished, and so on.”
― Martyn Rady, The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe