Joseph II (Profiles In Power) by T. C. W. Blanning
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Overview: 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.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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