Kategoria BISAC: History >> Europe - Austria & Hungary

Die Studie untersucht das Verstandnis des Adels in der Spatphase der standischen Gesellschaft. Dazu nutzt sie die Situation nach einem Herrschaftswechsel, in dem zwei standische wie politische Traditionen miteinander konfrontiert wurden. Zugleich erfolgte eine zunehmende Delegitimation der Position des Adels sowie der standischen Verfassungen in Europa. Der Geburtsaristokratie wurde die Idee einer -wahren- Aristokratie gegenubergestellt. Daraus erfolgte eine direkte Betrachtung der Prinzipien der standischen Gesellschaft in den Kategorien der Elite. Da in Galizien diese Prozesse im...

"Conceptually complicated and with wide-ranging empirical investigations, this volume is most likely to appeal to readers with some prior exposure to Central European history and theoretical approaches to nationalism. They will find in it plentiful food for thought." - The American Historical Review

"The volume is highly recommended for anyone researching multiculturalism, and one can only agree with CsAky's assertion that Habsburg Central Europe was a "laboratory" of experiences that can be usefully discussed in a broader context." -...

From the 1860s onward, Habsburg Hungary attempted a massive project of cultural assimilation to impose a unified national identity on its diverse populations. In one of the more quixotic episodes in this "Magyarization," large monuments were erected near small towns commemorating the medieval conquest of the Carpathian Basin-supposedly, the moment when the Hungarian nation was born. This exactingly researched study recounts the troubled history of this plan, which-far from cultivating national pride-provoked resistance and even hostility among provincial Hungarians. Author Balint Varga...

Diese Untersuchung folgt der jungeren Dom- und Stiftskapitelforschung, die sich der Verflechtungsanalyse bedient. Die Studie wendet diesen sozialgeschichtlichen Forschungsansatz erstmals auf ein norddeutsches, stadtburgerlich gepragtes Domkapitel an. Die ubergeordnete These fragt nach den Besetzungsmechanismen am Lubecker Kapitel zwischen 1400 und 1530. Auf der Grundlage eines Personenkatalogs werden Herkunft und Karrieren der Domherren untersucht. Wesentlichen Anteil nimmt die Analyse der sozialen Verflechtungen der Kleriker in Lubeck, in der Region, an den Universitaten und in Rom. Der...

Interwar Vienna was considered a bastion of radical socialist thought, and its reputation as "Red Vienna" has loomed large in both the popular imagination and the historiography of Central Europe. However, as Janek Wasserman shows in this book, a Black Vienna existed as well; its members voiced critiques of the postwar democratic order, Jewish inclusion, and Enlightenment values, providing a theoretical foundation for Austrian and Central European fascist movements. Looking at the complex interplay between intellectuals, the public, and the state, he argues that seemingly apolitical...

For tactical and strategic ingenuity, for daring and ruthless determination and the capacity to inspire troops, Frederick the Great was without equal. In this detailed life of 'Old Fritz', Christopher Duffy, who has written widely on the army of Frederick and on the armies of his adversaries, Austria and Russia, has produced a definitive account of his military genius.