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Maria Theresa: Empress

- The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment
Af: Richard Bassett Engelsk Hardback

Maria Theresa: Empress

- The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment
Af: Richard Bassett Engelsk Hardback
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A major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress   Maria Theresa was the single most powerful woman in eighteenth-century Europe. At the age of just twenty-three she succeeded to the Habsburg domains only to find them contested by almost every power in Europe. Over the next forty years, she became a fierce leader and opponent, as well as a devoted wife and mother to sixteen children.   In this engrossing biography, Richard Bassett traces Maria Theresa’s life and complex legacy. Drawing on hitherto unpublished sources, Bassett reveals her keen sense of moderation and tolerance, innovative ideas on free trade and finance, and studied reluctance to resort to policies of territorial expansion. Yet Maria Theresa’s modernisation policies were not entirely progressive. Antisemitism and an enduring suspicion of Protestantism greatly affected the lives of her subjects.   This is a gripping study of one of the world’s most influential leaders, revealing how Maria Theresa confounded gendered expectations and left a lasting mark on Europe.
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A major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress   Maria Theresa was the single most powerful woman in eighteenth-century Europe. At the age of just twenty-three she succeeded to the Habsburg domains only to find them contested by almost every power in Europe. Over the next forty years, she became a fierce leader and opponent, as well as a devoted wife and mother to sixteen children.   In this engrossing biography, Richard Bassett traces Maria Theresa’s life and complex legacy. Drawing on hitherto unpublished sources, Bassett reveals her keen sense of moderation and tolerance, innovative ideas on free trade and finance, and studied reluctance to resort to policies of territorial expansion. Yet Maria Theresa’s modernisation policies were not entirely progressive. Antisemitism and an enduring suspicion of Protestantism greatly affected the lives of her subjects.   This is a gripping study of one of the world’s most influential leaders, revealing how Maria Theresa confounded gendered expectations and left a lasting mark on Europe.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 520
ISBN-13: 9780300243987
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0300243987
Udg. Dato: 25 feb 2025
Længde: 46mm
Bredde: 242mm
Højde: 164mm
Forlag: Yale University Press
Oplagsdato: 25 feb 2025
Forfatter(e): Richard Bassett
Forfatter(e) Richard Bassett


Kategori Europæisk historie


ISBN-13 9780300243987


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 520


Udgave


Længde 46mm


Bredde 242mm


Højde 164mm


Udg. Dato 25 feb 2025


Oplagsdato 25 feb 2025


Forlag Yale University Press