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Maria Theresa

Gelesen von Pamela Nagami

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By the time of his death in 1740, the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, had done everything possible to secure the succession to the throne of his daughter, Maria Theresa, but practically nothing to train her how to rule. Nevertheless, Maria Theresa managed by common sense, charm, and expert advice to negotiate a forty-year reign marked by secret diplomacy, shifting alliances, relentless warfare, and ruthless realpolitik. This short biography by the Oxford historian, James Franck Bright, describes her first thirty years on the throne. (7 hr 11 min)

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Prefatory Note

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Ch. 1, Pt. 1: The War of Austrian Succession 1740-1743

21:29

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Ch. 1, Pt. 2: The War of Austrian Succession 1740-1743

26:09

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Ch. 2, Pt. 1: The War of Austrian Succession, 1743-1745

19:38

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Ch. 2, Pt. 2: The War of Austrian Succession, 1743-1745

23:12

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Ch. 3: The War of Austrian Succession, 1745-1748

31:55

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Ch. 4: Maria Theresa's Early Reforms, 1748-1757

39:51

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Ch. 5, Pt. 1: Change of the System of Alliances, 1748-1755

20:34

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Ch. 5, Pt. 2: Change of the System of Alliances, 1748-1755

37:56

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Ch. 6: Change of the System of Alliances, 1756-1757

37:18

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Ch. 7, Pt. 1: The Seven Years' War, 1757-1760

29:35

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Ch. 7, Pt. 2: The Seven Years' War, 1757-1760

28:59

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Ch. 8, Pt. 1: The Seven Years' War, 1760-1763

21:32

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Ch. 8, Pt. 2: The Seven Years' War, 1760-1763

23:05

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Ch. 9: Domestic Affairs, 1758-1765

33:03

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Ch. 10: Domestic Affairs, 1765-1770

34:55

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lots of text, little content. also not a very good writer.

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