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Reform and Revolution in Mainz 1743–1803

Reform and Revolution in Mainz 1743–1803

Reform and Revolution in Mainz 1743–1803

T. C. W. Blanning
December 2008
Paperback
9780521086172
AUD$71.95
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Paperback

    On one level a history of the Electorate of Mainz in the eighteenth century, this book also seeks to illuminate a much wider area. In particular it is intended to be a contribution to the debate on the 'German Problem' - the growing cultural and political divergence between Germany and Western Europe in the modern period. Many historians have identified the crucial phase of this development in the nineteenth century; Dr Blanning argues that the eighteenth century was of equal if not greater importance.

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    December 2008
    Paperback
    9780521086172
    368 pages
    210 × 150 × 20 mm
    0.54kg
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    Table of Contents

    • Part I. Prologue - The 'German Problem' in the Eighteenth Century: Part II. The Electorate of Mainz in the Eighteenth Century (1743–1803) Introduction:
    • 1. The Electorate of Mainz, the Empire and the Imperial Knights
    • 2. Town and Country
    • 3. Enlightened absolutism: Johann Friedrich Count von Ostein (1743–63) and Emmerich Joseph Freiherr von Breidbach zu Burresheim (1763–74)
    • 4. 1774: The aristocratic reaction
    • 5. Enlightened absolutism: Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Erthal (1774-1802)
    • 6. Imperial adventures
    • 7. 'Revolution': Aschaffenburg and Mainz 1790 S. Revolution: Mainz 1792–3
    • Part III. Conclusion.
      Author
    • T. C. W. Blanning