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Austria -- Politics and government -- 1740-1848

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

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Maria Theresa edicts

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309137]
Identifier: MSS SC 1131
Scope and Contents

Holograph copies of official declarations and decrees relating to Maria Theresa's accession to the throne of Austria in 1740 and her taking over full control of the governmment. These items are shortened copies of the originals. Because she was a woman, Maria Theresa was faced with a number of domestic and foreign threats to her attaining the throne of her father, Charles VI.

Dates: 1740-1742
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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