International conference “Soziale Abstiegsprozesse im europäischen Adel – Processes of Social Decline among the European Nobility”

Dr. Ivana Horbec participated on international conference Soziale Abstiegsprozesse im europäischen Adel – Processes of Social Decline among the European Nobility held at Eberhard Karl University in Tübingen 17.-19. September 2014. The paper Arme Diener des Königs und ihre (verpassten) Chancen. Existentielle Herausforderungen des kroatischen Kleinadels im 18. Jahrhundert – The king’s poor servants and their (missed) opportunities. Existential challenges faced by the Croatian lower nobility in the eighteenth century analysed new modalities in higher education in Habsburg Monarchy during Enlightened Absolutism and their impact on social ascent and decline of Croatian lower nobility.