The selected case studies in this Yearbook will shed light on various facets of innovation in the long 18th century in Southeastern Europe from a multidisciplinary perspective. The contributions are dealing with the implementation of new ideas, thoughts, discourses and concepts by both authorities and local entities. Furthermore, they are discussing the subject with a focus on management level, infrastructural, administrative and technical developments.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Silvia MARIN BARUTCIEFF Joseph the Good and Saint Joseph. The Surprises of an Ecclesiastic Iconographic Programme in 18th Century Transylvania
Greta Monica MIRON “Bestowed by the Austrian Emperors”. Religious Denomination and Dynastic Loyalty in the Romanian Society of Transylvania in the Eighteenth Century
Daniela HAARMANN Die Ungarische Spracherneuerung. Einleitung in ein Forschungsprojekt
Ivana HORBEC The Improvement of River Navigation in 18th Century Croatia. Ideas, Counteractions and Effects
Dorin-Ioan RUS Forest Conservation and the Establishment of the Timber Yard in Bistrița (Transylvania) in the 18th Century
Miloš ĐORĐEVIĆ The Construction of the Great Well in Belgrade during the Austrian Rule in the 18th Century
Dragana GRBIĆ Atanasije Stojković’s innovative Observation of the Sky
Franz-Stefan SEITSCHEK Tradition als Innovation. Finanzverwaltung in der Habsburgermonarchie um 1700
Peter Mario KREUTER Attempts of Austrian Redesign of the Administration of Lesser Wallachia between 1718 and 1739
Fabrizio RUDI Austrian “Kingdom of Serbia” (1718–1739). The Infrastructural Innovations introduced by the Habsburg Domination