Book Description
Presents a biography of the emperor of Austria as well as a history of Europe during his reign.
Author : Alan Palmer
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 23,32 MB
Release : 1997-02-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780871136657
Presents a biography of the emperor of Austria as well as a history of Europe during his reign.
Author : John Van der Kiste
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,95 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750937870
In 1848, 28-year-old Francis Joseph became King of Hungary and Emperor of Austria. He would reign for almost 68 years, the longest of any modern European monarch. Focusing on the life of Emperor Francis Joseph and his family, this book examines their personal relationships against the turbulent background of the 19th century.
Author : Joseph Redlich
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 35,91 MB
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1447496531
The life of Emperor Francis Joseph can only be understood in close connection with the political transformation of Europe and the progressive shift in world power that went on during the century between the Congress of Vienna and the Treaty of Versailles. It is from that standpoint that it is here written. At the same time the specific content of this description is his human and political personality. On no other terms can any bounds be set or any form given to the vast mass of interconnected historical events covered by the period of Francis Joseph’s life and reign. Since, however, whether as man or ruler, he falls far short of being an embodiment of human greatness, it is in a somewhat limited sense only that he fills the conception of a historic personality. So comprehensive, on the other hand, is the range of countries and peoples over whom he reigned; so extensive is the period of his governance; so mighty and multifarious are the European issues influenced, and deeply influenced, by his action and his character, that, judged by the test of influence on great events, he must be said to have counted for more than any other European monarch of the nineteenth century. Compared with his, the singular and momentous career of Napoleon III is but an entr’acte in Europe. Guardian of an ancient line, inheritor and defender of rights that date far back into medieval times, natural foe of the modern struggle to transform Europe into a series of closed national states, Francis Joseph assumed and maintained for sixty years a position in the Europe that the war destroyed to which that of no other sovereign affords an analogue. What makes him all the more impressive is that there was in him, as in no other European monarch of the past century, a perfect correspondence between the man and his work. To Francis Joseph and to the Empire that came to an end in 1918 the saying certainly applies which is the veritable title deed of biographical history—History is made by men. Even in a period preoccupied as is our own with research into the development and function of ideas and of institutions, economic, social and political, history cannot omit personality, since it is the instrument through which the will of a nation or a state has to be exercised. Least of all can this be done where, as with Francis Joseph, the idea of the ruler overpowers that of the man and makes his personal individuality its servant.
Author : Robert Pentland Mahaffy
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 39,35 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Austria
ISBN :
Author : Albert Alexander Vinzenz baron Margutti
Publisher :
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Austria
ISBN :
Author : Francis Gribble
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 22,32 MB
Release : 2019-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780530869360
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Eugene Szekeres Bagger
Publisher :
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 41,37 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Austria
ISBN :
Author : Gunther E. Rothenberg
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,50 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Austria
ISBN : 9781557531452
Rothenberg's work offers the first analytical, full length study of the army of Francis Joseph throughout its history from 1815 to 1918.
Author : R P Mahaffy
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,30 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781022006348
Explore the fascinating world of Austrian politics and the life of one of its most enigmatic figures, Emperor Francis Joseph I. Through meticulous research and insightful analysis, Mahaffy offers a compelling portrait of this complex and multifaceted historical figure. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Steven Beller
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 35,75 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
This impressive study is a portrait of a major figure of historical interest and an essay on the nature of power.