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Chapter 3

The Austrian Habsburg Empire

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Sources

  1. Prince Eugene of Savoy, Austrian Military Commander and Patron of the Arts (c. 1710)

  2. Maria Theresa’s Political Testament (1749-50)

  3. Maria Theresa with her Husband Francis I and Crown Prince Joseph (Joseph II) (1747)

  4. Leopold Joseph von Daun (18th century)

  5. Maria Theresa and Her Family on the Terrace of Schönbrunn Palace (c. 1755)

  6. Wenzel Anton Kaunitz-Rietberg, Austrian Chancellor (1755)

  7. Nikolaus Joseph von Esterházy (18th century)

  8. Schloss Hof, View from the Gardens (1759-60)

  9. The Imperial Palace at Schönbrunn, Garden Side (1759-60)

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

  11. Maria Theresia of Austria as a Widow (1772)

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

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

  14. Vienna City Map (1778)

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

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

  17. The Wedding of Francis I of Austria and Elizabeth of Württemberg (1788)

  18. Leopold II’s Profession of Political Principles (1790)

 
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