Europe: 1715-1799
Should
the Enlightenment
be studied in �national context� rather than as a general �cosmopolitan� movement?
Les parlements �taient sans doute plus occup� d�eux-m�mes que des choses publiques.�
Discuss.
Were the problems besetting
Maria Theresa
due to the nature of her inheritance or her own mistakes?
Was
Brandenburg-Prussia
a more secure state at the death of Frederick the Great than it had been at his accession?
What lessons did
Catherine the Great of Russia learn from the Pugachev rebellion
,
and how far had she acted on these by her death?
�Here lies Joseph II who was unfortunate in all his undertakings.�
Could Joseph have fairly blamed his ultimate failure on misfortune?
Why did successive attempts to
reconcile the French Revolution with a constitutional monarchy
ultimately fail?
Did the survival of the French Republic up to 1799
owe more to its own efforts or the conduct of its enemies?
