“The opposition, subversives and other members of the revolutionary class...” Baron Miklós Wesselényi at the Frývaldov and Gräfenberg spas in 1839–1843. Cover Image

Barón Miklós Wesselényi v kúpeľoch Frývaldov a Gräfenberg v rokoch 1839 - 1843
“The opposition, subversives and other members of the revolutionary class...” Baron Miklós Wesselényi at the Frývaldov and Gräfenberg spas in 1839–1843.

Author(s): Michal Chvojka
Subject(s): Political history, 19th Century
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Habsburg Monarchy; Moravia-Silesia; Jeseník; Social and Political Control; Spa Inspection;

Summary/Abstract: In this study, the author is concerned with the institutionalization of secret political monitoring at the Habsburg spas of Frývaldov and Gräfenberg in Austrian Silesia around the year 1840. He gives a detailed analysis of the motives, methods, aims and limits of state monitoring of the persons targeted among the visitors to Priessnitz’s famous water therapy institution using the example of the case of the Transylvanian Baron Miklós Wesselényi.

  • Issue Year: 65/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 217-237
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Slovak