PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT DURING TIMES OF CRISIS. THE AUSTRIAN BANAT AND THE AUSTRO-RUSSIAN-TURKISH WAR (1736-1739)

This paper examines the Habsburg personnel policy in the Austrian Banat during and after the Austro-Russian-Turkish War (17361739). The war-ravaged region was affected massively by the confrontations between the Ottoman and Habsburg armies. Of central importance is the question how the Viennese court involved the local imperial civil and military personnel for war purposes. The investigation focuses on a range of tasks which had been conducted by low- and high-ranking officials as well as facets of personnel restructuring that became necessary during the conflicts and as repercussions of the war. Special attention is paid to the analysis of personnel management processes, which was made possible by the use of selected case studies