| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 366 pages .) |
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text file |
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Central European studies
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Central European studies.
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| Summary |
"In late eighteenth-century Vienna, a remarkable coterie of five aristocratic women, popularly known as the 'five princesses, ' achieved social preeminence and acclaim as close associates of the reforming Habsburg Emperor Joseph II. They were Princess Maria Josepha Clary; Princess Maria Sidonia Kinsky; Princess Maria Leopoldine Liechtenstein; Countess, subsequently Princess, Maria Leopoldine Kaunitz; and Princess Maria Eleonore Liechtenstein. During the Viennese social season, members of the group made their way several times each week to the inner city palace of one of the 'Dames, ' as members of the group called themselves. Through analysis of the correspondence of these women and of the published and unpublished commentaries of their contemporaries, this study scrutinizes the activities of this select group of women during the co-regency period (1765-1780) when Joseph shared responsibility with his mother, Maria Theresia, and during Joseph's decade as sole ruler (1780-1790) after Maria Theresia's death--years during which the women enjoyed their special position"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Aristocrats : Ancestry and Posterity -- Court and Society -- Origins of la societe -- 1765-1780 : the Damenkreis during the Coregency -- 1780-1790 : Politics under Joseph II's Sole Rulership -- Joseph II's Foreign Policy and the End of an Era. |
| Local Note |
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| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790.
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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790. |
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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790 -- Friends and associates.
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Friends and associates. |
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Princesses -- Austria -- Vienna -- Biography.
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Princesses. |
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Austria -- Vienna. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Austria -- Court and courtiers -- Biography.
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Austria. |
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Courts and courtiers. |
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Princesses -- Austria -- Vienna -- Correspondence.
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| Genre/Form |
Correspondence.
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Women -- Austria -- Vienna -- Correspondence.
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- Austria -- Vienna -- History -- 18th century.
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| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Vienna (Austria) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
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Austria -- History -- 1740-1789.
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| Chronological Term |
1740-1789 |
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Women. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Austria & Hungary. |
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Aristocracy (Social class) |
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 19th Century. |
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History. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern. |
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Friendship. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Personal correspondence.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Biographies.
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Personal correspondence.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781557536945 1557536945 (DLC) 2014021340 |
| ISBN |
1612493696 (electronic book) |
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9781612493695 (electronic book) |
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9781612493701 |
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161249370X |
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9781557536945 (paperback) |
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1557536945 (paperback) |
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