place
Vienna
also: Bécs, Wien
The capital of the Habsburg Monarchy and seat of the imperial court. In the era of Joseph II (1780–1790), Vienna was the center of Enlightenment reform in Central Europe — the city where the emperor pushed his vast bureaucratic, religious, and social reforms that would reshape the empire and provoke fierce resistance.
Reading notes
- Emperor Joseph (Apocryphal) §1 Bécs
The capital of the Habsburg Monarchy and seat of the imperial court. In the era of Joseph II (1780–1790), Vienna was the center of Enlightenment reform in Central Europe — the city where the emperor pushed his vast bureaucratic, religious, and social reforms that would reshape the empire and provoke fierce resistance.