Joseph Ii (Profiles In Power)

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 personality and his ill-fated reform programme. 9781138836334 1138836338 0 Austria NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=EivToAEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: T. C. W. Blanning
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Dec 01, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 240 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1138836338
• • ISBN-13: 9781138836334