François-Etienne de Lorraine - un « grand homme »? Jalons pour une reconsidération du « mari de Marie-Thérèse ».

Autor: SCHMALE, WOLFGANG
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Zdroj: Das Achtzehnte Jahrhundert und Österreich; 2008, Vol. 23, p19-22, 4p
Abstrakt: The article focuses on François-Etienne de Lorraine, a French prince who married Marie-Thérèse, daughter of the emperor of Austria. The author tries to draw a positive portrait of François-Etienne, explaining that he was a modern and cultured man, who traveled a lot throughout Europe unlike other monarchs. François-Etienne de Lorraine is described as a "grand homme," a great man, which according to the philosophers from the Age of Enlightenment's definition is a man with values, recognized for his human qualities.
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