British historian Tim Blanning stressed profound contradictions inherent in his policies that made them a failure. However the war cost Joseph some of his influence over the other German Princes who were wary of his potential designs on their lands and looked to Frederick as their protector. Joseph II Joseph Benedikt Anton Michael Adam March February was Holy Roman Emperor from to and During these years Joseph traveled much. Isabella also found a best friend and confidant in her husbands sister Maria Christina Duchess of Teschen. Joseph IIs tax reforms and the institution of Katastralgemeinde tax districts for the large estates served this purpose and new factory privileges ended guild rights while customs laws aimed at economic unity
When he was opposed by France he turned to other schemes of alliance with the Russian Empire for the partition of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. Joseph II however by creating a powerful imperial officialdom directed from Vienna undercut the dominant position of the Milanese principate and the traditions of jurisdiction and administration. Most of the reforms were abrogated shortly before or after Josephs death in they were doomed to failure from the start because they tried to change too much in too short a time and tried to radically alter the traditional customs and relationships that the villagers had long depended upon. Mayer argues that Joseph was an excessively belligerent expansionist leader who sought to make the Habsburg monarchy the greatest of the European powers. These policies were violently rejected by both the nobility and the peasants since their barter economy lacked money
This marriage proved extremely unhappy albeit brief as it lasted only two years. Four months after the second anniversary of their wedding Maria Josepha grew ill and died from smallpox. Accordingly he suppressed a third of the monasteries over were closed and reduced the number of monks and nuns from to. He financed the large increase in bishoprics parishes and secular clergy by extensive sales of monastic lands. Calling himself the guardian of Catholicism Joseph II struck vigorously at papal power. Feudalism finally ended in. Painting by Martin van Meytens. Joseph II by the grace of God elected Holy Roman Emperor forever August In November Joseph returned to Vienna with ruined health and during was a dying man. However the events of Joseph IIs last years also suggest that the government was financially vulnerable to the European wars that ensued after. In he issued a charter of religious toleration for the Jews of Galicia a region with a large Yiddishspeaking traditional Jewish population. Joseph was born in the midst of the early upheavals of the War of the Austrian Succession
The loss of his beloved wife and their newborn child was devastating for Joseph after which he felt keenly reluctant to remarry though he dearly loved his daughter and remained a devoted father to Maria Theresa. He was more despot than his mother. His anticlerical and liberal innovations induced Pope Pius VI to pay him a visit in March. Habsburg influence was an essential factor in Balkan development in minion rush the last half of the th century especially for the Serbs and Croats. The attempt failed after the King was recognized from the back of a coin. While the Czechs credited Joseph II with educational reforms religious toleration and the easing of censorship they condemned his policies of centralization and Germanization that they blamed for causing a decline in Czech culture. His brother Leopold remained at Florence. Lacking children Joseph II was ultimately succeeded by his younger brother Leopold II Holy Roman Emperor. Beales finds that Joseph was despotic in the sense of transgressing established constitutions and rejecting sound advice Számos pasas but not despotic orfk in the sense of any gross abuse of power. It is a clear distinction between the rights of subjects and the duties of the territorial prince and not vice versa
His health shattered by disease alone and unpopular in all his lands the bitter emperor died February. Though Maria Josepha loved her husband she felt timid and inferior in his company. It was not until June that an attempt was made with the help of Count Fersen a Swedish general who had been favored at the courts of both Marie Antoinette and Joseph. The Allgemeines brgerliches Gesetzbuch also called Josephinisches Gesetzbuch the predecessor of the Allgemeines brgerliches Gesetzbuch the Civil Code of Austria which applies to all citizens equally was published on November after years work on it since. Joseph IIs tax reforms and the institution of Katastralgemeinde tax districts for the large estates served this purpose and new factory privileges ended guild rights while customs laws aimed at economic unity. He tried to liberate serfs but that did not last after his death. Joseph set about building a rationalized centralized and uniform government for his diverse lands a hierarchy under női tetoválások himself as supreme autocrat. Joseph carried out measures of emancipation of hasznalauto the peasantry which his mother had begun and abolished serfdom in. The overweening character of the Emperor was obvious to Frederick II of Prussia who after their first interview in described him as ambitious and as capable of setting the world on fire
Thus when Frederick fell severely ill in Joseph assembled an army in Bohemia which in the event of Fredericks death was to advance into Prussia and demand Silesia a territory Frederick had conquered from Maria Theresa in the War of the Austrian Succession. The Balkan policy of both Maria Theresa and Joseph II reflected the Cameralism promoted by Prince Kaunitz stressing consolidation of the border lands by reorganization and expansion of the military frontier. On the second occasion he was accompanied by Count Kaunitz whose conversation with Frederick may be said to mark the starting point of the first partition of Poland. Beales finds that Joseph was despotic in the sense of transgressing established constitutions and rejecting sound advice but not despotic in the sense of any gross abuse of power
Joseph was portrayed by Danny Huston in the film Marie Antoinette. As an absolutist ruler however he was also convinced of his right to fekvőtámasz speak for the state uncontrolled by laws and of the sensibility of his own rule. As it seems Joseph was reforming the policies of the Habsburg empire based on his own criteria and personal inclinations rather than for the good of the people. The landlords however found their economic position threatened and eventually reversed the policy. Joseph II Joseph Benedikt Anton Michael Adam March February was Holy Roman Emperor from to and ruler of the Habsburg lands from to. In April of that year he paid a visit to his sister the queen of France Marie Antoinette of Austria traveling under the name of Count Falkenstein. He undertook the spread of education the secularization of church lands the reduction of filmespolc the religious orders and the clergy in general to complete submission to the lay state the issue of the Patent of Tolerance providing limited guarantee of freedom of worship and the promotion of unity by the compulsory use of the German language replacing Latin or in some instances local languageseverything which from the point of view of thcentury philosophy the Age of Zaol.hu Enlightenment appeared reasonable. Transylvania was incorporated into the frontier in and the frontier magyar zászló regiments became the backbone of the military order with the regimental commander exercising military and civilian power. Where Joseph differed from great contemporary rulers and where he was akin to the Jacobins was in the intensity of his belief in the power of the state when directed by reason. For example Joseph encouraged smallscale peasant holdings thus retarding economic modernization that only the large estates could handle. When he was opposed by France he turned to other schemes of alliance with the Russian Empire for the partition of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice
To further uniformity the emperor made German the compulsory language of official business throughout the Empire which affected especially the Kingdom of Hungary. On the second occasion he was accompanied by Count Kaunitz whose conversation with Frederick may be said to mark the starting point of the first partition of Poland. In the cities the new economic principles of diákhitel the Enlightenment called for the destruction of the autonomous guilds already weakened during the age of mercantilism. By tankos játékok rebellions had broken out in protest against Josephs reforms in Belgium the Brabantian Revolution and Hungary and his other dominions were restive under the burdens of his war with the Ottomans. The loss of his beloved wife and their newborn child was devastating for Joseph after Tukebusz which he felt keenly reluctant to remarry though he dearly loved his daughter and remained a devoted father to Maria Theresa
Thus when Frederick fell severely ill in Joseph assembled an army in Bohemia which in the event of Fredericks death was to advance into Prussia and demand Silesia a territory Frederick had conquered from Maria Theresa in the War of the Austrian Succession. Maria Josepha in turn suffered considerable misery in finding herself locked in a cold loveless union. Painting by Martin van Meytens. However the events of Joseph IIs last years also suggest that the government was financially vulnerable to the European wars that ensued after