The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815

by Charles W. Ingrao

• ISBN13: 9780521785051
• ISBN10: 0521785057
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-02
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This is a revised and updated edition of a highly acclaimed history of the early modern Habsburg monarchy. Charles W. Ingrao challenges the conventional notion of Habsburg state and society as peculiarly backward by tracing its emergence as a military and cultural power of enormous influence. The Habsburg monarchy was undeniably different from other European polities: geography and linguistic diversity made this inevitable, but by 1789 it had laid the groundwork for a single polity capable of transcending its uniquely diverse cultural and historic heritage. Charles W. Ingrao unravels the web of social, political, economic and cultural factors that shaped the Habsburg monarchy during the period, and presents this complex story in a manner that is both authoritative and accessible to non-specialists. This new edition includes a revised text and bibliographies, new genealogical tables, and an epilogue which looks forward to the impact of the Habsburg monarchy on twentieth-century events.

Author Biography

Charles W. Ingrao is Professor of History at Purdue University.

Table of Contents

List of maps	viii
Genealogical tables	ix
Preface	xi
The distinctiveness of Austrian history	1	(22)
The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)	23	(30)
Facing east: Hungary and the Turks (1648-1699)	53	(52)
Facing west: the second Habsburg empire (1700-1740)	105	(45)
The Prussian challenge: war and government reform (1740-1763)	150	(28)
Discovering the people: the triumph of cameralism and enlightened absolutism (1765-1792)	178	(64)
The age of revolution (1789-1815)	242	(1)
Decline or disaggregation?	242	(6)
Bibliography	248	(9)
Index	257