Reform and Revolution in Mainz, 1743-1803

Abstract

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.