Absolutism in Central Europe

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-23351-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 375 g

Reihe: Historical Connections

Absolutism in Central Europe is about the form of European monarchy known as absolutism, how it was defined by contemporaries, how it emerged and developed, and how it has been interpreted by historians, political and social scientists. This book investigates how scholars from a variety of disciplines have defined and explained political development across what was formerly known as the 'age of absolutism'. It assesses whether the term still has utility as a tool of analysis and it explores the wider ramifications of the process of state-formation from the experience of central Europe from the early seventeenth century to the start of the nineteenth.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilson, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series editors’ preface, Acknowledgements, Map 1: The Reich in 1648, Map 2: The Habsburg and Hohenzollern monarchies, Introduction, 1 Emergence, 2 Theory, 3 Practice, 4 Enlightened absolutism, 5 Conclusions, Chronology, Appendix: Major rulers, Notes, Select bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Wilson