Maria Theresa: Empress: The Making of the

Maria Theresa: Empress: The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment by Richard Bassett

• Maria Theresa: Empress: The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment
• Richard Bassett
• Page: 520
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN: 9780300243987
• Publisher: Yale University Press

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A major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress   Maria Theresa was the single most powerful woman in eighteenth-century Europe. At the age of just twenty-three she succeeded to the Habsburg domains only to find them contested by almost every power in Europe. Over the next forty years, she became a fierce leader and opponent, as well as a devoted wife and mother to sixteen children.   In this engrossing biography, Richard Bassett traces Maria Theresa’s life and complex legacy. Drawing on hitherto unpublished sources, Bassett reveals her keen sense of moderation and tolerance, innovative ideas on free trade and finance, and studied reluctance to resort to policies of territorial expansion. Yet Maria Theresa’s modernisation policies were not entirely progressive. Antisemitism and an enduring suspicion of Protestantism greatly affected the lives of her subjects.   This is a gripping study of one of the world’s most influential leaders, revealing how Maria Theresa confounded gendered expectations and left a lasting mark on Europe.

Maria Theresa: Empress: The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment
A major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress. Maria Theresa was the single most powerful woman in .
Maria Theresa: Empress: The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment
Richard Bassett is the author of several books, most notably For God and Kaiser, the first history of the Habsburg army to be published in English. An .
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Richard Bassett's new book, MARIA THERESA: EMPRESS: The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment, was published by Yale University Press on 25 February 2025.
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