Joseph Ii Volume 2 Against The World 1780 1790
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Joseph Ii Volume 2 Against The World 1780 1790
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Author : Derek Edward Dawson Beales
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1987
Joseph Ii Volume 2 Against The World 1780 1790 written by Derek Edward Dawson Beales and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
This final volume of Derek Beales's magisterial biography of the emperor Joseph II describes the critical period when he was sole ruler of the Austrian monarchy. Explaining his motivation and showing how his ideas developed, Derek Beales reveals that Joseph left an ineffaceable mark on all his lands.
Joseph Ii Volume 2 Against The World 1780 1790
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Author : Derek Beales
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-09-12
Joseph Ii Volume 2 Against The World 1780 1790 written by Derek Beales and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-12 with History categories.
This second and final volume of Derek Beales's magisterial biography of the emperor Joseph II describes the period when he was sole ruler of the Austrian monarchy. Influenced partly by Enlightenment ideals, Joseph relaxed censorship, introduced wide-ranging religious toleration and fostered a 'new Catholicism' whilst Mozart's music, the greatest cultural achievement of his reign, owed much to Joseph's patronage. He also abolished personal serfdom and diminished the nobles' power, seeking to achieve full personal control over all his provinces. Opposition became serious when his hyperactive foreign policy landed him in war against the Turks, and he died with his Belgian provinces in rebel hands and Hungary threatened by revolt and invasion. Though these pressures forced Joseph to withdraw some of his measures, Derek Beales argues that he left an indelible mark on the history of all his lands, which now form part of fifteen modern states.
Joseph Ii Volume 1 In The Shadow Of Maria Theresa 1741 1780
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Author : Derek Beales
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1987-04-30
Joseph Ii Volume 1 In The Shadow Of Maria Theresa 1741 1780 written by Derek Beales and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-04-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This 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 Volume 1 In The Shadow Of Maria Theresa 1741 1780
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Author : Derek Beales
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-05-15
Joseph Ii Volume 1 In The Shadow Of Maria Theresa 1741 1780 written by Derek Beales and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This volume describes the claustrophobic atmosphere, in which Joseph was trained to rule, and his attempts after 1765 as co-regent with his formidable mother.
The Last King Of Poland
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Author : Adam Zamoyski
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-03-19
The Last King Of Poland written by Adam Zamoyski and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-19 with History categories.
A superb study of one of the most important, romantic and dynamic figures of European history. 'A fine book ... the web of political intrigue unfolds like an appetising detective novel' Scotsman The last king of Poland owed his throne largely to his youthful romance with the future Catherine the Great of Russia. But Stanislaw Augustus was nobody's pawn. He was an ambitious, highly intelligent and complex character, a dashing figure in the finest eighteenth-century tradition. A great believer in art and education, he spent fortunes on cultural projects, and finding that he was blocked politically by Catherine, he put his energies into a programme of social and artistic regeneration. He transformed the mood of his country and brought it to a new phase of reform and independence. Poland's neighbours, however, viewed this beacon of liberty in their midst with alarm, and as they invaded and partitioned it, Stanislaw saw the destruction of his life's work, and ultimately was forced to abdicate, a broken man, deceived and disillusioned.
Mozart In Context
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Author : Simon P. Keefe
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-10-10
Mozart In Context written by Simon P. Keefe and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-10 with Music categories.
The vibrant intellectual, social and political climate of mid eighteenth-century Europe presented opportunities and challenges for artists and musicians alike. This book focuses on Mozart the man and musician as he responds to different aspects of that world. It reveals his views on music, aesthetics and other matters; on places in Austria and across Europe that shaped his life; on career contexts and environments, including patronage, activities as an impresario, publishing, theatrical culture and financial matters; on engagement with performers and performance, focusing on Mozart's experiences as a practicing musician; and on reception and legacy from his own time through to the present day. Probing diverse Mozartian contexts in a variety of ways, the contributors reflect the vitality of existing scholarship and point towards areas primed for further study. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars of late eighteenth-century music and for Mozart aficionados and music lovers in general.
The Purchase Of The Past
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Author : Tom Stammers
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-25
The Purchase Of The Past written by Tom Stammers and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-25 with Art categories.
Offers a broad and vivid overview of the culture of collecting in France over the long nineteenth-century.
Joseph Ii
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Author : James Franck Bright
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
Joseph Ii written by James Franck Bright and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI Joseph's Reforms 1780-1790 The death of Maria Theresa placed on the throne of Austria, with undivided power, one of the most remarkable personalities of the time. An emperor at the age of twenty-five, it was impossible that Joseph should escape some of the faults of a spoilt child. He was frequently self-willed and arbitrary; his utterances were often hasty, petulant, and bitter. But it was not the self-will of vanity, nor the petulance of weakness; behind the one lay a well-grounded self-confidence, behind the other a strong will which he was capable of imposing upon all with whom he had to do, and to which even the great ability of Kaunitz had to bend. Again and again we find the minister withdrawing his opposition to his master's wishes, and directing his energies to carry them out. Perhaps the most marked characteristics of his mind were his detestation of all inferior work, and his extreme intolerance of evils which he thought might be avoided. Gifted with an unequalled capacity for work, with which no fatigue or danger was allowed to interfere, the perfunctory performance of duties, which is habitual with most men, and which was the besetting sin of the Austrian bureaucracy, excited his bitter scorn. His singular versatility and rapidity of invention outran the wits of his ministers, and left him in the solitude of genius to carry out the constant succession of reforms which issued from his fertile brain. Such gifts do not conduce to happiness; but when connected, as they were in Joseph, with an intellectual brilliancy and charm which rendered him when he pleased the most attractive person in any company in which he mixed, they seemed to point him out for a great and successful monarch. His domestic life still further...
Forging A Multinational State
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Author : John Deak
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2015-09-23
Forging A Multinational State written by John Deak and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-23 with History categories.
The Habsburg Monarchy ruled over approximately one-third of Europe for almost 150 years. Previous books on the Habsburg Empire emphasize its slow decline in the face of the growth of neighboring nation-states. John Deak, instead, argues that the state was not in eternal decline, but actively sought not only to adapt, but also to modernize and build. Deak has spent years mastering the structure and practices of the Austrian public administration and has immersed himself in the minutiae of its codes, reforms, political maneuverings, and culture. He demonstrates how an early modern empire made up of disparate lands connected solely by the feudal ties of a ruling family was transformed into a relatively unitary, modern, semi-centralized bureaucratic continental empire. This process was only derailed by the state of emergency that accompanied the First World War. Consequently, Deak provides the reader with a new appreciation for the evolving architecture of one of Europe's Great Powers in the long nineteenth century.
The Austrian Enlightenment And Its Aftermath
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Author : Ritchie Robertson
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 1991
The Austrian Enlightenment And Its Aftermath written by Ritchie Robertson and has been published by Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.