Rudolf. Crown Prince and Rebel
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Rudolf. Crown Prince and Rebel

Translation of the New and Revised Edition, «Kronprinz Rudolf. Ein Leben» (Amalthea, 2005)

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eBook - PDF

Rudolf. Crown Prince and Rebel

Translation of the New and Revised Edition, «Kronprinz Rudolf. Ein Leben» (Amalthea, 2005)

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About this book

Brigitte Hamann portrays Rudolf von Habsburg, Crown Prince of Austria, as a liberal intellectual who stood in opposition to his father Emperor Franz Josef and the imperial establishment. Against the prevailing currents of his time, Rudolf wanted to modernize the Habsburg Empire by abolishing the privileges of the aristocracy. He vehemently opposed nationalism and anti-Semitism and fought for liberalism and democracy and the rights of the minorities within the multinational Empire. His political goal was a United Europe of liberal states. For a long time, Crown Prince Rudolf was known mainly in connection with his suicide at Mayerling with Baroness Mary Vetsera. However, the Mayerling tragedy may be seen as the last consequence of living without any prospect of realizing his ideals.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Translator’s Note
  4. Introduction: (From the 1978 edition of Rudolf. Kronprinz und Rebell)
  5. Preface: (From the 2005 edition of Kronprinz Rudolf. Ein Leben)
  6. 1. Childhood at the Imperial Court in Vienna
  7. 2. A Bourgeois Education
  8. 3. A Year of Traveling
  9. 4. Ornithology
  10. 5. Residence in Prague
  11. 6. An Inappropriate Friendship
  12. 7. Representation for Technology and Science
  13. 8. The Military
  14. 9. Hungary
  15. 10. Chaos in the Balkans
  16. 11. Germany
  17. 12. The Big Reversal
  18. 13. The Road to Mayerling
  19. 14. Mayerling
  20. 15. Reactions
  21. Notes
  22. Crown Prince Rudolf Bibliography
  23. Index