Maria Theresa : The Habsburg Empress in Her Time /

"In her time, Maria Theresa (1717-1780) was the most powerful woman in the world. She ruled the Habsburg Empire from 1740-1780, an era when empires dominated Europe. She was the sovereign of a vast empire, ruling Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Flanders, and other Habsburg ter...

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Main Author: Stollberg-Rilinger, Barbara (Author)
Other Authors: Savage, Robert (Robert Ian) (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Maria Theresa, > Empress of Austria, > 1717-1780.
Kings and rulers.
Austria.
Autriche > Histoire > 1740-1780 (Marie-Therese)
Austria > History > Maria Theresa, 1740-1780.
Austria > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • The heiress presumptive
  • The war of succession
  • Empress, emperor, empire
  • Reforms
  • Body politics
  • Distinctions and refinements
  • The Seven Years' War
  • Dynastic capital
  • Mother and son
  • The religion of rule
  • Strangers within
  • Subjects
  • The autumn of the matriarch
  • Epilogue.

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