Vienna and Versailles
Subtitle: The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals, 15501780 (New Studies in European History)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780521714761
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Europe - Austria & Hungary; History / Austria & Hungary; History / Europe / General; Europe - General
First sentence: A court, Furetiere noted in his 1690 dictionary, is 'the residence of a king or sovereign prince', but also 'the king and his council, or ministers', and 'the officers and the suite of a prince'.