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The charmed circle, Joseph II and the "five princesses," 1765-1790, Rebecca Gates-Coon

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The charmed circle, Joseph II and the "five princesses," 1765-1790, Rebecca Gates-Coon

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The charmed circle

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

908260872

Responsibility statement

Rebecca Gates-Coon

Series statement

Central European studiesJSTOR eBooks

Sub title

Joseph II and the "five princesses," 1765-1790

Summary

"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 Through analysis of the correspondence of these women and of the published and unpublished commentaries of their contemporaries, this study scrutinizes the activities of this select group of women during the co-regency period (1765-1780) when Joseph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"--, Provided by publisher

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