Estates and constitution : the parliament in eighteenth-century Hungary / István M. Szijártó ; translated from the Hungarian by David Robert Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szijártó, István M., 1965- author.

Contributor:

Evans, David Robert, translator.

Series:

Austrian and Habsburg studies ; Volume 30.

Austrian and Habsburg studies ; Volume 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hungary. Országgyűlés--History.

Hungary.

Political participation--Hungary--History--18th century.

Political participation.

Hungary--Politics and government--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 350 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

First edition

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, [2020]

Summary:

Across eighteenth-century Europe, political power resided overwhelmingly with absolute monarchs, with notable exceptions including the much-studied British Parliament as well as the frequently overlooked Hungarian Diet, which placed serious constraints on royal power and broadened opportunities for political participation. Estates and Constitution provides a rich account of Hungarian politics during this period, restoring the Diet to its rightful place as one of the era’s major innovations in government. István M. Szijártó traces the religious, economic, and partisan forces that shaped the Diet, putting its historical significance in international perspective.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. The Frameworks

Chapter 1. Th e Dualism of King and Estates

Chapter 2. Th e Workings of the Machinery of the Diet

Part II. Th e Structures of Politics

Chapter 3. Th e Dualism of King and Estates Dominated by Confessional Questions

Chapter 4. Taxes and Privileges

Chapter 5. Government and Opposition at the Diet

Chapter 6. Career Paths at the Diet

Chapter 7. Realignments on the Estates’ Side of the Political Arena

Part III. Interpreting Hungarian Politics in the Eighteenth Century

Chapter 8. Texts and Discourse

Chapter 9. County and Gentry

Chapter 10. Historiographical Traditions and European Comparisons

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-981-1

1-78920-880-7

OCLC:

1203952516