Estates and Constitution : : The Parliament in Eighteenth-Century Hungary / / István M. Szijártó.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Szijártó, István M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies ; 30
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)

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.

Table of 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