Austria, Hungary, and the Habsburgs: Essays on Central Europe, C.1683-1867

Table of contents

• Austria, Hungary, and the Habsburgs i
• Austria, Hungary, and the Habsburgs Essays on Central Europe, C.1683–1867 iii
• Acknowledgements and Technicalities v
• Preface vii
• Contents xi
• Abbreviations xiii
• Central Europe: A Political and Military Chronology, 1683–1867 xiv
• Introduction 1
• 1: The Habsburgs and Central Europe, 1683–1723 3
• Part I - Absolutist Enlightenment 15
• 2: Maria Theresa and Hungary 17
• 3: The Origins of Enlightenment in the Habsburg Lands 36
• 4: Culture and Authority in Central Europe, 1683–1806 56
• 5: The Habsburg Monarchy and Bohemia, 1526–1848 75
• Part II - The Rise of Nations 99
• 6: Nationality in East-Central Europe: Perception and Definition Before 1848 101
• 7: Frontiers and National Identities in Central-European History 114
• 8: Joseph II and Nationality in the Habsburg Lands 134
• 9: Religion and Nation in Hungary, 1790-1849 147
• Part III - Regions and Their Interplay 171
• 10: The Habsburgs and the Hungarian Problem, 1790-1848 173
• 11: Empire and Kingdoms: Hungary and Bohemia in the Monarchy, 1741-1871 193
• 12: The Transylvanian Saxons: a German Diaspora 209
• 13: Hungary and the German Lands in the Nineteenth Century 228
• Part IV - The Revolution and Beyond 243
• 14: Hungary in the Habsburg Monarchy 1840-67: a Study of Perceptions 245
• 15: From Confederation to Compromise: the Austrian Experiment, 1849-67 266
• 16: Central Europe: the History of an Idea 293
• Select Bibliography 305
• Index 317

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