Enlightened Despotism
Author: John G. Gagliardo
Publisher:
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780710060839
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Joseph II and Enlightened Despotism
Author: T. C. W. Blanning
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis series provides studies with supporting documents of important topics in History. The books provide an analysis of the selected problem, a critical narrative of the main developments and an assessment putting the topic into perspective. Each book features a full collection of original documentary material, which is introduced so that it can be used independently of the text, although the text and the documents are carefully cross-referenced. There is also a very full and up-to-date reading list in each book, listing relevant books and articles that should be obtainable by students.
Leviathan
Author: Thomas Hobbes
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-10-03
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 048612214X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten during a moment in English history when the political and social structures were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.
Joseph II: Volume 1, In the Shadow of Maria Theresa, 1741-1780
Author: Derek Beales
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-05-15
Total Pages: 568
ISBN-13: 0521525888
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume describes the claustrophobic atmosphere, in which Joseph was trained to rule, and his attempts after 1765 as co-regent with his formidable mother.
Joseph II
Author: T C W Blanning
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-26
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1317899660
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJoseph 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 personality and his ill-fated reform programme.
The Austrian Enlightenment and Its Aftermath
Author: Ritchie Robertson
Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe United States of Belgium
Author: Jane Judge
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Published: 2018-10-24
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9462701571
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew and comprehensive insights into the seminal events that shaped Belgian identity In 1790, between the birth of America (1776) and the creation of the French National Assembly (1789), nine provinces nestled between the French and Dutch borders declared themselves a new free and independent country: the United States of Belgium. Before then, the provinces had been part of the vast Austrian Habsburg Empire ruled by Joseph II. In 1789 revolutionaries from Brussels to Ghent to Namur recruited a grass-roots army that, to the surprise of many, successfully chased imperial forces from the majority of the territories. The exhilaration of military triumph and political independence quickly faded as revolutionary factions fought each other and the European monarchies became more nervous in the face of French radicalization. Yet, the course of events had fostered the solidification of a new identity among the provinces’ inhabitants: Belgianness. This is the story of the emergence of Belgianness in the crucible of revolution. The United States of Belgium tells the story of the First Belgian Revolution before the creation of a language barrier between French and Dutch. It incorporates over 50 contemporary images of the revolutionary era.
NYSTCE Social Studies
Author: Complete Test Preparation Inc.
Publisher:
Published: 2017-02-02
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781772451702
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNYSTCE Social Studies Practice Test Questions Prepared by our Dedicated Team of Experts! Practice Test Questions for: World History US History Geography Economics Civics and Government
Joseph II and Enlightened Despotism
Author: T. C. W. Blanning
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Idea of Galicia
Author: Larry Wolff
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012-01-09
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 0804774293
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGalicia was created at the first partition of Poland in 1772 and disappeared in 1918. Yet, in slightly over a century, the idea of Galicia came to have meaning for both the peoples who lived there and the Habsburg government that ruled it. Indeed, its memory continues to exercise a powerful fascination for those who live in its former territories and for the descendants of those who emigrated out of Galicia. The idea of Galicia was largely produced by the cultures of two cities, Lviv and Cracow. Making use of travelers' accounts, newspaper reports, and literary works, Wolff engages such figures as Emperor Joseph II, Metternich, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Ivan Franko, Stanisław Wyspiański, Tadeusz "Boy" Żeleński, Isaac Babel, Martin Buber, and Bruno Schulz. He shows the exceptional importance of provincial space as a site for the evolution of cultural meanings and identities, and analyzes the province as the framework for non-national and multi-national understandings of empire in European history.
