Příslib štěstí a tyranie dokonalosti. Reformy státu v depeších francouzských velvyslanců o vládě Josefa II.

• Authors: Martina Ondo Grečenková

Title variants

EN

THE PROMISE OF HAPPINESS AND TYRANNY OF PERFECTION. STATE REFORMS IN FRENCH ENVOYS’ DISPATCHES ABOUT THE RULE OF JOSEPH II.

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The elaboration of the study is based on dispatches of French envoys on the Vienna court, which reflect reform activities of Emperor Joseph II. The first section describes the theory of reforms, innovations and modernizations as it was conceived by 18th century authors and questions, which they asked in connection with benefits and “dangers” of the reform activities. The main part concentrates on a debate between the French foreign minister and his envoys regarding a potential success of modernizing projects of French enlighteners based on observation of enlightening reforms implemented by Joseph II in the Habsburg monarchy and by his brother Peter Leopold in Tuscany. Special attention is paid to debates over the reformer’s influence on the success of the reforms and results of “monitoring” the public opinion as regards the benefit of the introduced changes and methods of their implementation.

Keywords

EN

HABSBURG MONARCHY; FRANCE; STATE REFORMS; ENLIGHTENMENT; JOSEPH II.; HAPPINESS; PERFECTION; DISPATCHES; FRENCH ENVOYS

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Folia historica Bohemica
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 155-186

Contributors

author

Martina Ondo Grečenková

• Historický ústav Akademie věd ČR, Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic