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1 online resource (x, 228 pages) : map |
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Profiles in power |
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Profiles in power (London, England)
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Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Dedication; CHAPTER 1 Joseph II and the Habsburg Inheritance; Assets; Problems; CHAPTER 2 Joseph II, Maria Theresa and Josephism; From empire to state; The diplomatic revolution; The end of the baroque; Haugwitz and domestic reform; Kaunitz and domestic reform; Education; Jansenism; Church and state; Maria Theresa; The co-regency; CHAPTER 3 Joseph II and the Enlightened State; The first servant of the state; Autocracy and bureaucracy; Education; Germanisation; Toleration; The economy; Social reform; Crime and punishment |
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Enlightened absolutismCHAPTER 4 Joseph II and the Privileged Orders; The church; The nobility; The peasantry; Hungary and Belgium; CHAPTER 5 Joseph II and the Great Powers; The army and militarism; The co-regency; Joseph II and the Russian alliance; Joseph II and the Dutch; Bavaria again; The Holy Roman Empire; Joseph II and the Great Powers; CHAPTER 6 Joseph II and the Crisis of the Habsburg Monarchy; Censorship; The public sphere; Absolutism and enlightenment; Belgium; The war against the Turks; Back from the brink; Celebration and death; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chronology; Map; Index |
Summary |
Joseph II (1741--90) -- son and eventual successor of Maria Theresa -- has conventionally been seen in the context of the ""Enlightened Despot'' reformers. Today's turmoil in his former territories invites a rather different perspective, however, as Joseph grapples with the familiar and intractable problems of creating a viable unitary state out of his multi-national empire in Central Europe. Professor Blanning's brilliant short study, based on extensive archival research, offers a history of the Habsburg monarchy in the eighteenth century, as well as a revaluation of the emperor's complex per |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790.
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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790 fast |
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Joseph (Römisch-Deutsches Reich, Kaiser, II.) swd |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
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Kings and rulers
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Politics and government
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Josephinismus
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Habsburgse Huis.
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Austria -- Politics and government -- 1740-1789. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009729
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Austria -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
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Austria
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
93029516 |
ISBN |
9781317899655 |
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1317899652 |
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9781315846033 |
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1315846039 |
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