Verfasst von:	Gates-Coon, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	The charmed circle
Titelzusatz:	Joseph II and the "five princesses," 1765 - 1790
Verf.angabe:	Rebecca Gates-Coon
Verlagsort:	West Lafayette, Ind.
Verlag:	Purdue University press
E-Jahr:	2015
Jahr:	[2015]
Umfang:	xii, 366 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen
Format:	23 cm
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Central European studies
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-357) and index
ISBN:	978-1-55753-694-5
Abstract:	"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 Through analysis of the correspondence of these women and of the published and unpublished commentaries of their contemporaries, this study scrutinizes the activities of this select group of women during the co-regency period (1765-1780) when Joseph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"--
Schlagwörter:	(p)Joseph <II., Heiliges Römisches Reich, Kaiser>    / (g)Wien    / (s)Weiblicher Adel    / (s)Freundeskreis
	(p)Joseph <II., Heiliges Römisches Reich, Kaiser>    / (s)Freundeskreis    / (s)Fürstin    / (z)Geschichte 1765-1790
Sprache:	eng
Sach-SW:	Freundeskreis
	Fürstin
Zeit-SW:	Geschichte 1765-1790
K10plus-PPN:	1619724898