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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828857803321

Autore

Wilson Peter H (Peter Hamish)

Titolo

Absolutism in central Europe / / Peter H. Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-74805-1

1-134-74806-X

0-203-27884-4

1-280-10795-2

0-203-44179-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

Historical connections

Disciplina

320.943

Soggetti

Despotism - Europe, Central

Europe, Central Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-165) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Map 1: The Reich in 1648; Map 2: The Habsburg and Hohenzollern monarchies; Introduction; Emergence; Theory; Practice; Enlightened absolutism; Conclusions; Chronology; Appendix: Major rulers; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Absolutism in Central Europe is about the form of European monarchy known as absolutism, how it was defined by contemporaries, how it emerged and developed, and how it has been interpreted by historians and political and social scientists.