Map 1: The Reich in 1648 -- Map 2: The Habsburg and Hohenzollern monarchies -- 1. Emergence -- 2. Theory -- 3. Practice -- 4. Enlightened absolutism -- 5. Conclusions.
Summary
Absolutism in Central Europe is about the form of European monarchy known as absolutism, how it was defined by contemporaries, how it emerged and developed, and how it has been interpreted by historians and political and social scientists.
