The Habsburgs
Title | The Habsburgs PDF eBook |
Author | Martyn Rady |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Total Pages | 416 |
Release | 2020-08-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1541644492 |
The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries -- from their rise to power to their eventual downfall. In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built -- and then lost -- over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century. Then, in just a few decades, their possessions rapidly expanded to take in a large part of Europe, stretching from Hungary to Spain, and parts of the New World and the Far East. The Habsburgs continued to dominate Central Europe through the First World War. Historians often depict the Habsburgs as leaders of a ramshackle empire. But Rady reveals their enduring power, driven by the belief that they were destined to rule the world as defenders of the Roman Catholic Church, guarantors of peace, and patrons of learning. The Habsburgs is the definitive history of a remarkable dynasty that forever changed Europe and the world.
The Habsburgs
Title | The Habsburgs PDF eBook |
Author | Dorothy Gies McGuigan |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 524 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Habsburg, House of |
ISBN |
Personal lives of a royal family that made history for six centuries.
The Habsburgs
Title | The Habsburgs PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Wheatcroft |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Total Pages | 436 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Offers a history of the Habsburgs from the Middle Ages to the present day.
The Habsburg Empire
Title | The Habsburg Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Martyn C. Rady |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 153 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0198792964 |
The Habsburg Empire reached at various times across most of Europe and the New World. At all the critical moments of European history it is there - confronting Luther, launching the Thirty Years War, repelling the Ottomans, and taking on Napoleon. Martin Rady introduces the fascinating and colourful history of the Habsburgs.
The Habsburg Empire
Title | The Habsburg Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Pieter M. Judson |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 559 |
Release | 2016-04-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0674969324 |
This panoramic reappraisal shows why the Habsburg Empire mattered for so long to so many Central Europeans across divides of language, religion, and region. Pieter Judson shows that creative government—and intractable problems the far-flung empire could not solve—left an enduring imprint on successor states. Its lessons are no less important today.
Twilight of the Habsburgs
Title | Twilight of the Habsburgs PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Palmer |
Publisher | Atlantic Monthly Press |
Total Pages | 420 |
Release | 1997-02-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780871136657 |
Presents a biography of the emperor of Austria as well as a history of Europe during his reign.
The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815
Title | The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815 PDF eBook |
Author | Charles W. Ingrao |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 292 |
Release | 2000-06-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521785051 |
This is a revised and updated edition of a highly acclaimed history of the early modern Habsburg monarchy. Charles W. Ingrao challenges the conventional notion of Habsburg state and society as peculiarly backward by tracing its emergence as a military and cultural power of enormous influence. The Habsburg monarchy was undeniably different from other European polities: geography and linguistic diversity made this inevitable, but by 1789 it had laid the groundwork for a single polity capable of transcending its uniquely diverse cultural and historic heritage. Charles W. Ingrao unravels the web of social, political, economic and cultural factors that shaped the Habsburg monarchy during the period, and presents this complex story in a manner that is both authoritative and accessible to non-specialists. This edition includes a revised text and bibliographies, new genealogical tables, and an epilogue which looks forward to the impact of the Habsburg monarchy on twentieth-century events.