House Of Habsburg
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From Glory to Ruin to Mediocrity August 30, 2022
From the 13th century till the end of World War I, a Habsburg ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Vienna as its capital city. For a couple of centuries, another branch of the family ruled the Spanish empire with Madrid as its capital city. No othe...
Best History Books of 2021 December 22, 2021
Historical writing continues to shed new and interesting light on all manner of topics, including even much-written about subjects like Napoleon, who died 200 years ago this year. Paul Lay, the editor of History Today, offers his choices for the best...
Putting Burke into Action February 02, 2021
Few nineteenth-century statesman are as famed for their positive contributions to Europe’s practical politics as is Clemens von Metternich. Each of the roles he played, first as an architect of victory over Napoleon, then of the restoration of order ...
A Negative Genetic Feedback Loop December 17, 2020
Otto von Habsburg never got to be emperor. Born in 1912, he watched as his family’s grasp on political power slipped, and the dynasty that once dominated central Europe and beyond became just another surname that whispered of a greater history. A voc...
