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Estates and constitution : the parliament in eighteenth-century Hungary /

"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 opportunitie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Szijártó, István M., 1965- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Evans, David Robert (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hungarian
Publicado: New York : Berghahn, 2020.
Colección:Austrian and Habsburg studies ; v. 30.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Frameworks
  • Chapter 1. Th e Dualism of King and Estates
  • Chapter 2. Th e Workings of the Machinery of the Diet
  • Part II. Th e Structures of Politics
  • Chapter 3. Th e 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