English Translation

48 - 2 - thus his character as an equal competitor of the sovereign power, which he had asserted until then, of which Therorie of course, disputed, practically nevertheless. By the breaking of the nobility power arises from the dualist state of the modern absolute state. The competing role of the aristocracy transforms into a constructive function. From the Frondeurs the court aristocracy is taken in Versailles, from his ranks the first mitarbèites of the French kings; ministers, marshals, ambassadors, governors. In this role the French nobility remains until its political and bloodthirsty, almost complete annihilation in the revolution. The political structure of the Austrian monarchy, which must be traced once again, can only be represented by the view of the nobility as a constitutional and, above all, constitutional element of this great power. Closer inspection shows that they develop a peculiar and independent center between the narrow and independent forms, which are historically unique and have proven themselves, of course also with the end of this state system irrevocably passed away. It is significant that the historical components of the monarchy differ in a characteristic way with regard to the political significance of the nobility. It is the two l526 complexes of Bohemia and Hungary united with the distinct hereditary countries, where the nobile played the decisive role, kept it for a long time and never completely lost it. Here is not - 3 -