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The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation

Samuel Pufendorf, The Constitution of the German Empire (1667)

Electoral Agreement of King and Emperor Leopold I (July 18, 1658)

Portrait of Emperor Francis I by Anton von Maron (1745)

Emperor Joseph II on the Structure and Political Condition of the Austrian Monarchy and the Holy Roman Empire (1767/68)

Joseph Görres on the Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire (c. 1806)

Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, Excerpts from Teutscher Fürsten-Staat (1656)

Political Testament of Landgrave Georg II of Hesse-Darmstadt (June 4, 1660)

Declaration of His Majesty the Emperor Francis II, whereby he abdicates the German imperial throne and the imperial government.

Funeral Procession for Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (c. 1675)

The German Territorial States (apart from Austria and Prussia)

Electoral Saxony: Report of the Official Thomas Freiherr von Fritsch to Saxon Prime Minister Heinrich Graf Brühl on Administrative Reforms and Appointments (April 4, 1762)

Elector Max IV Joseph of Bavaria and the Palatinate, Directive on Reforming the Training of State Officials (June 25, 1799)

Maria Theresa’s Political Testament (1749-50)

Bavarian Edict on the Establishment of a Gendarmerie (October 11, 1812)

"Constitution of the Kingdom of Bavaria," issued by King Maximilian I, cosigned by Ministers Montgelas, Hompesch, and Morawitzky (May 25, 1808)

"Edict on Communal Affairs," issued by King Maximilian I, cosigned by Ministers Montgelas, Hompesch, and Morawitzky (September 24, 1808)

The Austrian Habsburg Empire

Wenzel Anton Kaunitz-Rietberg, “Most Graciously Commissioned Report on the Improvement of the Domestic System” for Maria Theresa (April 14, 1773)

Archduke Joseph II, “Political Daydreams” [Rêveries politiques] (1763)

Maria Theresia of Austria as a Widow (1772)

The Brandenburg Recess: Resolutions agreed to by Frederick William (“the Great Elector”) and the Brandenburg Estates in the Recess of July 26, 1653 (1653)

Joseph von Sonnenfels, Principles of Public Order, Trade, and Finances (1786–87)

Emperor Joseph II’s Instructions to All His Government Officials on the Principles of Fulfilling Their Duty (December 13. 1783)

Empress Maria Theresa Appraises the Character of Joseph II, her Son and Co-Regent (September 14, 1776)