6/9/2023 0 Comments The Habsburgs by Martyn Rady![]() Milestone figures include Philip II of Spain (1527–1598), who controlled colonies in North and South America and Asia Maria Theresa of Austria (1717–1780), who advanced Enlightenment ideals as she expanded government bureaucracy, mandated schooling for peasant children, and sent medical personnel to investigate rumors of vampirism across central Europe and Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863–1914), whose assassination by a Yugolsav nationalist sparked WWI. Documenting the political and social contexts behind the reigns of each Habsburg ruler, Rady traces the empire’s rise from 13th-century Swabia (now southwestern Germany) to its 16th-century expansion into Spain and southern Italy and its 20th-century collapse. ![]() Rady ( The Habsburg Empire: A Very Short Introduction), a history professor at University College London, delivers a granular yet accessible survey of the Habsburg Empire’s central role in the transformation of Western civilization from the Middle Ages into the modern world. ![]()
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