Composite Domination and State Formation, 1650-1700. Manorialism and the Fiscal-Financial-Military Constitution in Habsburg Bohemia

Abstract

Topographical information follows Anglophone conventions with respect to Central Europe: for place-names, besides those generally familiar such as Vienna or Prague, I am using their historical (mostly German) toponyms, with the addition of their current (Czech) name on the first mention . The results that are not entirely consistent and at times frankly unsatisfactory, but at the same time this increases the chances to locate these places on contemporary maps . To increase readability, whenever possible I have used the English equivalents of personal names (e .g ., Charles VI instead of Karl VI .) where known; all second names are reproduced as they appear in the sources . Similarly, I have translated all quotes and added the original wording only in those instances where the argument warrants it; in addition, I added the respective references where full transliterations of the original source text is freely available . All dates are New Style, as this -our current -calendrical norm was adopted in the Habsburg monarchy in the last quarter of the sixteenth century . Cf .