Reform and Revolution in Mainz 1743–1803 (Paperback)

Part I. Prologue - The 'German Problem' in the Eighteenth Century: Part II. The Electorate of Mainz in the Eighteenth Century (1743?1803) Introduction: 1. The Electorate of Mainz, the Empire and the Imperial Knights; 2. Town and Country; 3. Enlightened absolutism: Johann Friedrich Count von Ostein (1743?63) and Emmerich Joseph Freiherr von Breidbach zu Burresheim (1763?74); 4. 1774: The aristocratic reaction; 5. Enlightened absolutism: Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Erthal (1774-1802); 6. Imperial adventures; 7. 'Revolution': Aschaffenburg and Mainz 1790 S. Revolution: Mainz 1792?3; Part III. Conclusion.