L'Essai sur la Monarchie autrichienne en son état actuel en 1790 offers a complete and unprecedented overview of the conditions of the Hapsburg monarchy on an international levell at the beginning of the French Revolution. This essay is addressed at a non-specialist reader, likely identified with future emperor Francis II’s betrothed. It examines the institutional, economic, military and religious context of the monarchy, establishes its historical and political legitimacy and suggests a disenchanted evaluation of the emperor Joseph II’s work shortly after his death. On the whole, it represents an exceptional testimony to the processes taking place in the heart of Europe in an era of dramatic changes.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-4516-4925
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Book Title
Essai sur la Monarchie autrichienne en son état actuel en 1790
Editors
Renato Pasta, Derek Beales
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
228
Publication Year
2018
Copyright Information
© 2018 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-800-6
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-799-3
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-800-6
eISBN (epub)
978-88-6453-801-3
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-115-8
Series Title
Biblioteca di storia
Series Issn ISSN
2464-9007
Series E-Issn
2704-5986