Estates and Constitution - The Parliament in Eighteenth-Century Hungary

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung István M. Szijártó traces the religious, economic, and partisan forces that shaped the Diet, putting its historical significance in international perspective and demonstrating that it played a critical role in the eventual dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis Download Table of Contents 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 ...

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• Authors: Istvan M. Szijarto, István M. Szijártó, Szijártó István M.
• Assisted by: David Robert Evans (Translation)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781789208795
• ISBN: 978-1-78920-879-5
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; Politikwissenschaft, Europäische Geschichte, Österreich-Ungarn, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LAW / Constitutional, History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary, Politics & government, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Politics and government, C 1700 To C 1800, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Constitutional & administrative law, History of constitution and comparative constitutional law, History: 18th/19th Century