Joseph II and Bavaria: Two Eighteenth Century Attempts at German Unification

ISBN-13: 9789401700351 / Angielski / Miękka / 1965 / 227 str.

Paul P. Bernard

Opis

The long run alternatives which would seem to have confronted him were either to acquiesce in the continuing erosion of Hapsburg influence in Germany, which ultimately might well have resulted in his ruling over a Danubian Empire with a German-speaking minority;

Spis treści

I. Diplomatic Background.- II. Joseph II, Bavaria and France.- III. Death of the Elector Max Joseph and Austrian Occupation of Bavaria.- IV. Frederick II’s Counter Measures.- V. European Reactions.- VI. Preparations for War.- VII. The Potato War.- VIII. The Peace of Teschen.- IX. The Diplomacy of Joseph as Emperor.- X. Plans for a Bavarian Exchange.- XI. Exchange Negotiations.- XII. Continuing Negotiations.- XIII. Failure of the Exchange.- XIV. Epilogue.