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008 141023s2015 inu b 001 0ceng
010 $a 2014021340
020 $a9781557536945 (paperback)
020 $z9781612493695 (ePDF)
020 $z9781612493701 (ePub)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aDB74.5$b.G38 2015
082 00 $a943/.053092$aB$223
084 $aHIS040000$aHIS037060$aHIS010010$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGates-Coon, Rebecca.
245 14 $aThe charmed circle :$bJoseph II and the "five princesses," 1765-1790 /$cRebecca Gates-Coon.
264 1 $aWest Lafayette, Indiana :$bPurdue University Press,$c2015.
300 $axii, 366 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aCentral European studies
520 2 $a"In late eighteenth-century Vienna, a remarkable coterie of five aristocratic women, popularly known as the 'five princesses,' achieved social preeminence and acclaim as close associates of the reforming Habsburg Emperor Joseph II. They were Princess Maria Josepha Clary; Princess Maria Sidonia Kinsky; Princess Maria Leopoldine Liechtenstein; Countess, subsequently Princess, Maria Leopoldine Kaunitz; and Princess Maria Eleonore Liechtenstein. During the Viennese social season, members of the group made their way several times each week to the inner city palace of one of the 'Dames,' as members of the group called themselves. Through analysis of the correspondence of these women and of the published and unpublished commentaries of their contemporaries, this study scrutinizes the activities of this select group of women during the co-regency period (1765-1780) when Joseph shared responsibility with his mother, Maria Theresia, and during Joseph's decade as sole ruler (1780-1790) after Maria Theresia's death--years during which the women enjoyed their special position"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 343-357) and index.
505 0 $aAristocrats : Ancestry and Posterity -- Court and Society -- Origins of la societe -- 1765-1780 : the Damenkreis during the Coregency -- 1780-1790 : Politics under Joseph II's Sole Rulership -- Joseph II's Foreign Policy and the End of an Era.
600 00 $aJoseph$bII,$cHoly Roman Emperor,$d1741-1790.
600 00 $aJoseph$bII,$cHoly Roman Emperor,$d1741-1790$xFriends and associates.
650 0 $aPrincesses$zAustria$zVienna$vBiography.
650 0 $aAustria$xCourt and courtiers$vBiography.
650 0 $aPrincesses$zAustria$zVienna$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aWomen$zAustria$zVienna$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aAristocracy (Social class)$zAustria$zVienna$xHistory$y18th century.
651 0 $aVienna (Austria)$xSocial life and customs$y18th century.
651 0 $aAustria$xHistory$y1740-1789.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Eastern.$2bisacsh