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Abstract e 531 of institutional and family history, but also to use the approaches of elite studies and political cultural history to create a more nuanced picture. In my interpretation the integration of the high nobility in Vienna was a complex process that took place in several parallel scenes, and I have tried to maintain its plurality in the presentation of the story. The Hungarian elite offers particularly good opportunities for a similar study, since by the 17-18" century the Czech-Moravian and the Austrian aristocratic elite (among others the Colloredo, Dietrichstein, Harrach, Liechtenstein or Waldstein families) were so closely linked that it would be problematic to study one or the other group independently. One of the important issues addressed in the book is how Hungarian magnates were able to assert themselves in the various scenes of the imperial city in the period under study, among the Austrian, German, Catalan, Czech, Italian, Lorraine or Moravian aristocrats, and how they were able to establish relations with members of the latter families. In outlining the context of the Viennese court and in making comparative analyses or extrapolations, the results of international research in the last decade and a half (among others the works of Jeroen Duindam, Ivo Cerman, Mark Hengerer, Andreas Peéar) have been very helpful. The study of the integration of the Hungarian aristocracy in Vienna has a double research background as it can be integrated into the research tradition of the Viennese court and of the Hungarian aristocratic elite as well. Despite the importance of the topic, little comprehensive information is available on the details of the integration of the Hungarian nobility and the Hungarian political elite in Vienna in the 18" century. Hungarian historiography is mainly concerned with case studies on the subject. However the study of the Hungarian sovereigns staying in the imperial city and at the same time in the center of government of the Habsburg Monarchy has not only important for Family or Cultural History, but also has foundational political-historical relevance. The primary objective of this volume is to alleviate this research gap and to provide new details and contexts for the interpretation of the presence and influence of the Hungarian political elite in Vienna. The monograph examines the process of integration in three thematic units. First, there is a section on “Education and Service”, which focuses on the Viennese schools, the Habsburg court (Hofstaat) and the institutions of the Royal Hungarian Bodyguard as the main integration centers for young noblemen. The second thematic unit is entitled ,,Official careers and advisory influence”, in which the most important offices and institutions of the Viennese government from the Hungarian perspective (Hungarian Court Chancellery, Transylvanian Court Chancellery, Court Military Council, Court Chamber, Government of Lower Austria, Secret or Ministerial Conference) were dealt with, with special emphasis on the presentation of official careers
