The Habsburgs [electronic resource] : The Rise and Fall of a World Power
Martyn Rady2020
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'The Habsburgs is gripping, colorful, and dramatic but also concise, scholarly,
and magisterial ... History on an epic scale!' Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of
The Romanovs and Jerusalem: The Biography
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 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 ...
Main title:
Author:
Martyn Rady, Author
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (600 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780141987194
Language:
English
BRN:
428965
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