Reform and Revolution in Mainz 1743-1803

Klappentext On one level a history of the Electorate of Mainz in the eighteenth century! this book also seeks to illuminate a much wider area. Zusammenfassung On one level a history of the Electorate of Mainz in the eighteenth century! this book also seeks to illuminate a much wider area. In particular it is intended to be a contribution to the debate on the 'German Problem' - the growing cultural and political divergence between Germany and Western Europe in the modern period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Prologue - The 'German Problem' in the Eighteenth Century: Part II. The Electorate of Mainz in the Eighteenth Century (1743-1803) Introduction: 1. The Electorate of Mainz, the Empire and the Imperial Knights; 2. Town and Country; 3. Enlightened absolutism: Johann Friedrich Count von Ostein (1743-63) and Emmerich Joseph Freiherr von Breidbach zu Burresheim (1763-74); 4. 1774: The aristocratic reaction; 5. Enlightened absolutism: Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Erthal (1774-1802); 6. Imperial adventures; 7. 'Revolution': Aschaffenburg and Mainz 1790 S. Revolution: Mainz 1792-3; Part III. Conclusion.

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• Authors: T. C. W. Blanning, T.C.W. Blanning, Blanning T. C. W.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.2008
• EAN: 9780521086172
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08617-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, C 1700 To C 1800