Estates and Constitution

The Parliament in Eighteenth-Century Hungary
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78920-879-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 678 g

Reihe: Austrian and Habsburg Studies

Across eighteenth-century Europe, political power resided overwhelmingly with absolute monarchs, with notable exceptions including the much-studied British Parliament as well as the frequently overlooked Hungarian Diet, which placed serious constraints on royal power and broadened opportunities for political participation. Estates and Constitution provides a rich account of Hungarian politics during this period, restoring the Diet to its rightful place as one of the era’s major innovations in government. István M. Szijártó traces the religious, economic, and partisan forces that shaped the Diet, putting its historical significance in international perspective.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Szijártó, István M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: The Frameworks

Chapter 1. The Dualism of King and Estates

Chapter 2. The Workings of the Machinery of the Diet

Part II: The Structures of Politics

Chapter 3. The Dualism of King and Estates Dominated by Confessional Questions

Chapter 4. Taxes and Privileges

Chapter 5. Government and Opposition at the Diet

Chapter 6. Career Paths at the Diet

Chapter 7. Realignments on the Estates’ Side of the Political Arena

Part III: Interpreting Hungarian Politics in the Eighteenth Century

Chapter 8. Texts and Discourse

Chapter 9. County and Gentry

Chapter 10. Historiographical Traditions and European Comparisons

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Szijártó, István M.
István M. Szijártó is Professor of History at Eötvös University, Budapest. He has published several books about the social and cultural history of politics in 18th-century Hungary as well as the theoretical and methodological problems surrounding microhistory.