- The difficult definition of Austrian borders, even at this time, might have been a use against national recognition tentative and the feelings to don’t be a part of the empire according to cultural differences.
And also because all the parts of the empire didn’t have the same legal status, confusing borders probably helped to a semblance of unity.
- As Evans describes at the beginning, the Habsburg empire gained territories by war in majority. But he also describes the differences, from many aspects, through these territories and their specific political way to govern at a city or region scale.
All these exemples are representatives of the new issues of power during the Modern age.
Obviously the Habsburg empire was a powerful state who ran over an extended territory, but it had to deal with local particularism.
Thus, whatever it seems there was a main politic generated by the power, the different scales of the hierarchy and administration, but also the different legal status recognized by Vienna to these territories, create a massive political disparity all along the empire.
- Do the local representatives and provincial governments have been changed or transformed after the annexation into the Habsburg empire ?
- Because of the global disparity, what was the process of creation of a law for the all empire ?