English Translation

- OT- 56 answer to the protest, from the noble circles, that a so far reserved for the visit of the aristocracy of Vienna was opened in general, "If he always wanted to be among his peers," the emperor meant, "airfkkxexxkkk"would only be in the Capuchin tomb." His administrative and judicial reforms threatened the political sovereign rights of the nobility. His social measures shook the economic position, in particular the primordial legislation, which made the peasants free hereditary owners of their reasons. The abolition of serfdom strongly shaken his previous economic position. In addition, there was the introduction of a general property tax, which no longer took account of the character of the property owner. Against all this a stormy reaction arose in the nobility. If this attitude had undoubtedly "reacting" character, it facilitated the method of carrying out other imperial measures, too, to make the resistance against it popular. For example, the ruthless and uncomprehensive hurling, the values, biblical themes and art treasures that have become free through the abolition of Köster, has also nighted outside the nobility of evil blood, in particular the squandering of the art collection of Emperor Rudolf II, made a very bad impression on the entire educated population of Bohemia. IV. When it was said that Joseph II, in Hungary and Bohemia, was the revival of modern nationalism, there was just as much wrong as right. His reforms first met the positions of the aristocrats, - ll -