Rival Courts in Dynastic Europe: Vienna and Versailles 1550–1790 Variants of this text were presented as lectures in Oxford (Early Modern Europe Seminar, November 2001) and Paris (Institut Historique Allemand, November 2002). It reflects some of the ideas and conclusions of my forthcoming Vienna and Versailles: The Courts of Europe’s Dynastic Rivals 1550-1780, published by Cambridge University Press in August

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Rival Courts in Dynastic Europe: Vienna and Versailles 1550–1790 Variants of this text were presented as lectures in Oxford (Early Modern Europe Seminar, November 2001) and Paris (Institut Historique Allemand, November 2002). It reflects some of the ideas and conclusions of my forthcoming Vienna and Versailles: The Courts of Europe’s Dynastic Rivals 1550-1780, published by Cambridge University Press in August