Joseph II (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780582052727)

Joseph II (1741--90) -- son and eventual successor of Maria Theresa -- has conventionally been seen in the context of the "Enlightened Despot'' reformers. Today's turmoil in his former territories invites a rather different perspective, however, as Joseph grapples with the familiar and intractable problems of creating a viable unitary state out of his multi-national empire in Central Europe. Professor Blanning's brilliant short study, based on extensive archival research, offers a history of the Habsburg monarchy in the eighteenth century, as well as a revaluation of the emperor's complex personality and his ill-fated reform programme.

Author: T. C. W. Blanning
ISBN-10: 0582052726
ISBN-13: 9780582052727
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 06/13/1994
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.48w x 0.54d