Chapter 5. Political Controversies

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Contents xi
5. Abbreviations 1
6. Introduction 3
7. PART ONE: THE ORIGINS OF CONSERVATISM (tO 1790)
8. Chapter 1. The Enlightenment, the Constellation of Social Forces, and the Rise of Conservatism 29
9. Chapter 2. Masons, llluminati, and Rosicrucians 84
10. Chapter 3. Religious Controversies 112
11. Chapter 4. Social Controversies 176
12. Chapter 5. Political Controversies 237
13. Chapter 6. Justus Moser: Portrait of a Prerevolutionary Conservative 297
14. PAET TWO: THE CHALLENGE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON (1790-1806)
15. Chapter 7. Prussia from Frederick the Great to Frederick William III 341
16. Chapter 8. The Habsburg Monarchy from Maria Theresia to Francis II 394
17. Chapter 9. The Challenge of the French Revolution 434
18. Chapter 10. The Conspiracy Theory of the Revolution 503
19. Chapter 11. Rehberg and the Hannoverian School 547
20. Chapter 12. The Napoleonic Revolution in Germany: The End of the Ecclesiastical States and the Imperial Knights 595
21. Chapter 13. The Napoleonic Revolution in Germany: The End of the Imperial Cities and the Final Agony of the Empire 638
22. Chapter 14. Conclusion and Prospectus 672
23. Bibliographical Essay 677
24. Index 711