Vienna and Versailles: The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals, 1550-1780 (New Studies in European History) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Vienna and Versailles: The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals, 1550-1780 (New Studies in European History) Book

This book brings vividly to life the courtiers and servants of the imperial court in Vienna and the royal court in Paris-Versailles from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. It draws together a wealth of unpublished material in a comparative framework, and helps us to understand how the household operated at the heart of the early modern state. It also offers original approaches to both statebuilding and the notion of 'absolutism'. This is the first institutional study of these courts, and the only comparative study based on archival materials.Read More

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    Drawing together a wealth of unpublished material in a comparative framework, this volume recreates the life of the courtiers and servants of the imperial court in Vienna and the royal court in Paris-Versailles from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. It reveals how the royal households operated at the heart of the early modern state and offers original approaches to understanding statebuilding and the concept of "absolutism."

  • 0521822629
  • 9780521822626
  • Duindam Jeroen
  • 14 August 2003
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 362
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