| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 256 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Second Domination and the Historians: Legends Both 'Beautiful' and 'Black'; Venetia, the Multinational Empire, and the Risorgimento; PART I: The Origins of Austrian Rule; 1: The Collapse of the Venetian Republic and the Experience of Foreign Domination; The Death of the Venetian Republic: Murder or Suicide?; The Democratic Municipality and the First Austrian Domination; The Kingdom of Italy and Napoleonic Domination; Conclusion; 2: The Napoleonic Legacy and the Imposition of Habsburg Rule, 1813-1818 |
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The Provisional Government and Transition from French RuleThe Emperor and the New Order in LombardyÒVenetia; Conclusion; PART II: The Nature of Austrian Rule; 3: Venice and Habsburg Imperial Policy; Imperial Defence: Venetia and the Italian Peninsula; Lombards, Venetians, and 'Tedeschi'; Imperial Vision Versus Particularist Interest: Economic Policy and the Tariff Question; Local Rivalry and Local Needs: Venice, the Terraferma, and Trieste; Conclusion; 4: The Venetian Milch-Cow; The Habsburg Fisc and Venetia; The Poll Tax: Habsburg Policy and the Venetian Peasantry; Conclusion |
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5: ConscriptionThe Napoleonic System and its Aftermath; The Venetian Commission on Conscription; The 1820 Patent; Naval Conscription; The System in Operation; The Impact of Conscription on Venetians; Conclusion; PART III: Keeping Order; 6: Making Good Subjects; Education for Citizenship; The Church and Education; Fashioning Elites and the University of Padua; The Church; Conclusion; 7: Censorship; The Bases of Censorship and the 1815 Sovereign Resolution; The System in Practice: The Censorship of Books; Periodicals and Newspapers; Censorship of Images; Conclusion |
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8: The Forces of Law and OrderThe Problem of Order in Restoration Venetia; The Public Police: The Venetian Police as Crime-fighters; The High State Police and the Threat of Revolution; The Police as Guarantors of Good Government; Conclusion; 9: Conclusion: The Legacy of Francis's Rule; The Failings of Austrian Rule Under Francis I; Napoleon and Ferdinand: Two Experiments in Misrule; The Nature of Venetian Opposition; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The Austrian domination of Venice and Venetia after the Congress of Vienna has traditionally received a bad press. This volume questions this view, arguing from detailed archival research that Francis I's rule brought many real benefits to his Venetian subjects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Politics and government
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Bestuur.
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Habsburgse Huis.
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| SUBJECT |
Venice (Italy) -- History -- Austrian rule, 1814-1866.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85142730
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Venice (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1797-1866. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85142735
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| Subject |
Italy -- Venice
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1280445211 |
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9781280445217 |
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9780191542442 |
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019154244X |
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9780198205746 |
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0198205740 |
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