Table of Contents

Preface

Part I. Maria Theresa and the Making of Habsburg Enlightened Absolutism
1. 1765: The Beginning of a New Era
2. The Theoretical Foundations of Enlightened Political and Economic Reform in Austria
3. The Leadership of Austrian Enlightened Absolutism
4. Stirrings in the Social Structure

Part II. Joseph II and Radical Reform. The Drama of the 1780s
5. A Decade of Revolutions
6. Joseph II and the Strategy for Radical Modernization
7. Reshaping Institutions: The Case of Hungary
8. Society Mobilized
9. Crisis: The Convergence of International and Domestic Difficulties
10. Joseph II and Josephism: A Historical Balance Sheet

Abbreviations
Geographical Names
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

�va H. Bal�zs was professor at the E�tv�s Lor�nd University, Budapest.

Reviews

"All those who have realised the importance of Hungary but lacked the wherewithal to teach it will welcome this superb distillation of a lifetime's study in a lucid English translation. It combines the fruits of research in Europe's archives with an extensive secondary literature, and the comprehensive references reveal that the book has been updated since its appearance in Hungarian... This is far more than a book on Hungary's relations with the Habsburgs: it is nothing less than the integration of Hungary into the history of the Habsburg Monarchy (and indeed Europe) in the last third of the eighteenth century."
*British Journal of Eighteenth Century Studies*

"... the strength of this valuable study clearly is the social-historical analysis of Josephism in a wide political context."
*Central European History*

“The product of four decades of research, this book contributes a great deal of new information, much of it carefully distilled to fill gaps left by previous historical works.”
*Choice*

“The importance of the present work lies in its information on Hungarian politics and society during the period of enlightened absolutism. In the course of her account, Balázs exposes several of the myths which have worked their way into the English-language accounts of late eighteenth-century Hungary. She convincingly demonstrates, therefore, that the upper reaches of the Hungarian aristocracy were by no means ‘Austrianized’ elite, but that they always retained close connections with their homeland.”
*Slavic and East European Review*

"... not simply an English translation of the original. Although no conteptual changes have been introduced, the text has been improved and extended, notes, a detailed bibliography, a separate index, etc. have also been added. Tim Wilkinson superbly did the translation, and the Central European University Press now publishes this new, nice version."
*Südost-Forschungen*