Maria Theresa in Bohemia, a Lecture by Richard Bassett

Maria Theresa in Bohemia, a Lecture by Richard Bassett

Maria Theresa was the single most powerful woman in eighteenth-century Europe

By The Friends of Czech Heritage

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Embassy of the Czech Republic

26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens London W8 4QY United Kingdom

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About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours

At the age of just twenty-three Empress Maria Theresa succeeded to the Habsburg domains only to find them contested by almost every European power. Over the next forty years she became a fierce leader and opponent, as well as a devoted wife and mother to sixteen children.

Her radical reforms transformed central Europe and her lasting legacy continues to reverberate to this day.

Our lecturer: Richard Bassett, former Times correspondent in Eastern Europe and author of the widely acclaimed Last Days in Old Europe first travelled to Prague as an architectural historian. He later spent nearly ten years covering events in communist Czechoslovakia including the Velvet Revolution. An expert on Central Europe, he taught at many European universities and is a Bye-Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. His latest book is Maria Theresa: Empress, Yale University Press, £25.

Tickets include a glass of wine.

EVENT ORGANISED WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE EMBASSY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC.

All proceeds raised go towards the care and conservation of Czech heritage.

Image: Empress Maria Theresa by Martin van Meytens (1759), Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, via Creative Commons Wikimedia

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The Friends of Czech Heritage is a British charity, founded 2007, campaigning to raise funds for the repair and conservation of the substantial legacy of historic buildings and their contents, artefacts, gardens and parks in the Czech Republic.

We are able to give small grants to a variety of projects and welcome applications from owners of historic buildings, gardens and parks in the Czech Republic. Properties may be privately owned, or may belong to the State or a local municipality.

£15
Oct 7 · 6:30 PM GMT+1