Introduction The Habsburg inheritance, 1273-1700. 1. The war
of the Spanish Succession 1665-1713. 2. The achievement of
Charles VI, 1711-1740. 3. A great power on a fragile
basis. 4. The accession of Maria Theresa and the crisis of
1740. 5. The age of enlightenment and Austrain society. 6.
Joseph II, enlightened despot. 7. Leopold II and the end of
the enlightenment, 1790-92. 8. Austria confronts the French
Revolution, 1792-1815. 9. The age of Metternich,
1815-48. 10. The Revolution of 1848. 11. The rear guard
fights back, 1849-67. 12. 1886: the decisive year. 13.
The Austro-Hungarian compromise, 1867. 14. Economic expansion
during the reign of Francis Joseph.
15. Political life from 1867-1914. 16. The monarchy during
the First World War. 17. Finis Austriae: Dissolved or put to
death. Conclusion. Chronology.
Jean Berenger, C.A. Simpson
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