Policing the Subject: Confessional Absolutism and Communal Autonomy in Eighteenth-Century Austria.

The article explores the challenges posed by confessional absolutism and communal autonomy in eighteenth-century Austria. It examines the problem of maintaining control over one's subject in religious matters and countering foreign intervention under the guise of confessional protectionism. It prese...

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Published in:	Austrian History Yearbook Vol. 40; pp. 71 - 85
Main Author:	Pörtner, Regina
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2009
Subjects:	Despotism Austrian history, 1789-1815 History of Prussia, Germany, 1740-1789 Protestantism Religion & state Habsburg, House of Prussia (Germany) Austria
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