Reform and Revolution in Mainz 1743–1803
Reform and Revolution in Mainz 1743–1803
T. C. W. Blanning
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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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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.
