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Maria Theresa: Empress
The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment
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A major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa: Empress presents the story of the single most powerful woman in eighteenth-century Europe. At just twenty-three, Maria Theresa succeeded to the Habsburg domains, only to find them contested by almost every power in...
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Maria Theresa: Empress
A major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress
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A major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress
Maria Theresa: Empress presents the story of the single most powerful woman in eighteenth-century Europe. At just twenty-three, Maria Theresa 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 Drawing on hitherto unpublished sources, Bassett reveals her keen sense of moderation and tolerance, her innovative ideas on free trade and finance, and her studied reluctance to resort to policies of territorial expansion. However, 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.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780300243987
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 25 February 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Illustration: 31 b-w illus.+ 1 map
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 520
About the Author
Richard Bassett is the author of several books, most notably For God and Kaiser, the first history of the Habsburg army to be published in English. An authority on Central Europe where he has worked for 45 years, he is a Bye-Fellow of Christ’s College Cambridge and a visiting professor at the Central Europe University of Budapest.
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