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The Habsburg Monarchy, 1490-1848

Attributes of Empire

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  1. Paula Sutter Fichtner
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  • Uses modern theoretical perspectives on European expansion to explore the subject of whether the Habsburg monarchy was an empire
    Broadranging with a wide chronological scope
    Addresses the issue of large cultural patterns within the empire, which other studies on the Habsburg monarchy fail to cover

Part of the book series: European History in Perspective (EUROHIP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. The Pattern of Empire

    • Paula Sutter Fichtner
    Pages 1-30

  3. An Empire Takes Hold

    • Paula Sutter Fichtner
    Pages 31-58

  4. Creating a State

    • Paula Sutter Fichtner
    Pages 59-88

  5. Holding the Center

    • Paula Sutter Fichtner
    Pages 89-112

  6. Revolution: Text and Subtext

    • Paula Sutter Fichtner
    Pages 113-138

  7. From One to Many

    • Paula Sutter Fichtner
    Pages 139-166

  8. A Summary Afterword

    • Paula Sutter Fichtner
    Pages 167-170

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 171-222
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About this book

The Habsburg monarchy was a singular experiment in diversity within the European continent. By the eighteenth century it stretched from the Austrian Netherlands to the Balkans and southern Poland, and south into Italy. Its subjects spoke a number of languages, and while the social and institutional structure of these lands shared common features, there were also substantial differences among them. Was the Habsburg monarchy therefore an empire like those of Great Britain, France or Spain?

Drawing upon modern theoretical perspectives on European expansion to answer this question, Paula Sutter Fichtner argues that the Habsburg holdings did indeed constitute a form of European imperialism, and that they are best understood in such terms.

The Habsburg Monarchy, 1490-1848
- examines the role of the interraction between Habsburg rulers, territorial estates, and religious institutions in the expansion of the empire
- explores the reorientation of these relationships under the impact of the European Enlightenment, the rationalization of dynastic government under Empress Maria Theresa and her son, Joseph II, the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and the rise of nationalism
- assesses the effect of the Revolutions of 1848 on the strength of the connections between the crown and its nobles, as well as its ties to its ecclesiastical elites and the bourgeoisie
- discusses the parallel developments in cultural affairs as the coherence of a world outlook dominated by Catholicism gave way to linguistic and cultural particularism

Incorporating the latest research, this broad-ranging study is an essential guide to one of Europe's most powerful and important dynasties.
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About the author

PAULA SUTTER FICHTNER is Professor Emerita of History at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Habsburg Monarchy, 1490-1848

  • Book Subtitle: Attributes of Empire

  • Authors: Paula Sutter Fichtner

  • Series Title: European History in Perspective

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10642-1

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2003

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 222

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: European History

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