Absolutism in Central Europe

Informationen zum Autor Peter Wilson Klappentext This book investigates how scholars from a variety of disciplines have defined and explained political development across what was formerly known as the "age of absolutism." It assesses whether the term still has utility as a tool of analysis and it explores the wider ramifications of the process of state-formation from the experience of central Europe from the early 17th century to the start of the 19th. Zusammenfassung Absolutism in Central Europe is about the form of European monarchy known as absolutism, how it was defined by contemporaries, how it emerged and developed, and how it has been interpreted by historians and political and social scientists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series editors' preface, Acknowledgements, Map 1: The Reich in 1648, Map 2: The Habsburg and Hohenzollern monarchies, Introduction, 1 Emergence, 2 Theory, 3 Practice, 4 Enlightened absolutism, 5 Conclusions, Chronology, Appendix: Major rulers, Notes, Select bibliography, Index

Autorentext
Peter Wilson

Klappentext
This book investigates how scholars from a variety of disciplines have defined and explained political development across what was formerly known as the "age of absolutism." It assesses whether the term still has utility as a tool of analysis and it explores the wider ramifications of the process of state-formation from the experience of central Europe from the early 17th century to the start of the 19th.


Zusammenfassung
Absolutism in Central Europe is about the form of European monarchy known as absolutism, how it was defined by contemporaries, how it emerged and developed, and how it has been interpreted by historians and political and social scientists.

Inhalt
Series editors' preface, Acknowledgements, Map 1: The Reich in 1648, Map 2: The Habsburg and Hohenzollern monarchies, Introduction, 1 Emergence, 2 Theory, 3 Practice, 4 Enlightened absolutism, 5 Conclusions, Chronology, Appendix: Major rulers, Notes, Select bibliography, Index

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