The Habsburgs : The Rise and Fall of a World Power
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'This is probably the best book ever written on the Habsburgs in
any language, certainly the best I have ever read ... Students,
scholars and the general reader will never find a better guide to
Habsburg history' Alan Sked, Times Literary SupplementIn 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 grew in power to gain 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 from the Far East
to the New World. The family continued to dominate Central Europe
until the catastrophe of the First World War. With its seemingly
disorganized mass of large and small territories, its tangle of
laws and privileges and its medley of languages, the Habsburg
Empire has always appeared haphazard and incomplete.But here Martyn
Rady shows the reasons for the family's incredible endurance,
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 Habsburg emperors were themselves absurdly
varied in their characters - from warlords to contemplatives, from
clever to stupid, from idle to frenzied - but all driven by the
same sense of family mission. Scattered around the world, countless
buildings, institutions and works of art continue to bear witness
to their overwhelming impact.The Habsburgs is the definitive
history of a remarkable dynasty that, for better or worse, shaped
Europe and the world.
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Penguin Books Ltd ,
Martyn Rady
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Penguin Books Ltd,
Martyn Rady
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Slovart
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