188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
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Routledge
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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, political and social scientists. This book investigates how scholars from a variety of disciplines have defined and explained political development across what was formerly known as the 'age of... Read more
Series editors’ preface, Acknowledgements, Map 1: The Reich in 1648, Map 2: The Habsburg and Hohenzollern monarchies, Introduction, 1 Emergence, 2 Theory, 3 Practice, 4 Enlightened absolutism, 5 Conclusions, Chronology, Appendix: Major rulers, Notes, Select bibliography, Index
Biography
Peter Wilson
