The Rise and Fall of Bishop Georg Wolfgang Chiolich, 1699–1764

In my prosopographic examination of new aristocrats in the eighteenth century, I came across Georg Wolfgang Chiolich, an atypical member of this group, as he was the only one to receive the title of baron for himself alone, as a bishop, during the century. What was the point of conferring a noble t...

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Main Author: Tamás Szemethy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Eötvös Loránd University 2021-04-01
Series:Historical Studies on Central Europe
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Online Access:https://ojs.elte.hu/hsce/article/view/799