Author: Saul Kussiel PadoverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Austria
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The Revolutionary Emperor
Author: Saul Kussiel PadoverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Austria
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The Revolutionary Emperor, Joseph the Second, 1741-1790
Author: Saul Kussiel PadoverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Austria
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The Revolutionary Emperor
Author: S. K. PadoverPublisher:
ISBN: 9780849544491
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The American Revolution and the Habsburg Monarchy
Author: Jonathan SingertonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780813948218
Category : Austria
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
"This book presents the American Revolution from the perspective of the Habsburg monarchy. It reveals how, despite seeming antithetical to the American cause, the Habsburg dynasty and people in the Habsburg lands realized the opportunity unleashed by the creation of the thirteen United States of America, demonstrating the wider effects of the American Revolution beyond the standard Atlantic World and portraying the Habsburg Monarchy in a new, oceanic light"--
Revolutionary Emperor
Author: S. K. PadoverJoseph II: An Imperial Reformer for the Austrian Netherlands
Author: W.W. DavisPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401020299
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
It has been said that never has a monarch so narrowly missed "greatness" as did the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II. An idealistic, sincere, and hardworking monarch whose ultilitarian bent, humanitarian instincts, and ambitious programs of reform in every area of public concern have prompted historians to term him an "enlightened despot," "revolutionary Emperor," "philosopher on a throne," and a ruler ahead of his time, Joseph has also been condemned for being insensitive to the phobias and follies of his subjects, essentially unrealistic, almost utopian, in establishing his goals, and dogmatic and overly precipitous in trying to achieve them. Efforts to analyze and explain the actions of this complex and controversial personality have involved a number of savants in investigations of "Josephinism" (or as I prefer to call it, "Josephism"), dealing in great detail with the motiva tions, substance, and influence of his innovations. The roots of Josephism run deep, but can be observed emerging here and there from the intellectual and political soil that nourished them, before joining the central trunk of the system formulated during the latter years of Maria Theresa's reign to grow to an ephemeral and stunted maturity under Joseph II.
The Revolutionary Emperor
Author: S. K. PadoverJoseph II of Austria
Author: Saul Kussiel PadoverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Double Emperor
Author: Chip WagarPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0761870784
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
For forty-three years, Francis I of Austria ruled a vast heterogenous Empire that came to dominate the continent of Europe. Ascending Charlemagne’s thousand-year throne of the Holy Roman Empire at the age of twenty-four on the unexpected death of his father, this scion of the ancient Habsburg dynasty became the first Emperor of Austria and for two years, the only Double Emperor in history. Both the father in law of Napoleon Bonaparte and his chief rival for dominance of the continent of Europe, Francis eventually led a coalition of nations to Paris in 1814 and sent Napoleon into exile. The exiled Napoleon’s only son and heir lived with his grandfather thereafter in Vienna until his tragic early death. Kings, ministers, generals and the glitterati of Europe gathered under his watchful eye at the Congress of Vienna to decide the fate of a continent in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars in which he played a pivotal role. The Congress saw the emergence of his new Austrian Empire as the most dominant power in continental Europe until long after his death twenty years later. A devoted husband, father and grandfather, his modest lifestyle and simple tastes that set the tone of the Biedermeier era concealed a complex and calculating ruler whose initial, cautious liberalism gradually evolved into a stoic conservatism. No other life-biography in English has been written about this mysterious but powerful figure of early 19th century Europe whom Metternich and Radetzky called their master.
Emperor Francis Joseph
Author: John Van der KistePublisher: Sutton Publishing
ISBN: 9780750937870
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
In 1848, 28-year-old Francis Joseph became King of Hungary and Emperor of Austria. He would reign for almost 68 years, the longest of any modern European monarch. Focusing on the life of Emperor Francis Joseph and his family, this book examines their personal relationships against the turbulent background of the 19th century.