The Habsburgs : embodying empire / Andrew Wheatcroft

By:

Wheatcroft, Andrew [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, c1996Description: xxix, 384 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:

9780140236347

Subject(s):

HABSBURGS (RELATIVES) -- HABSBURG MONARCHY -- HISTORY

LOC classification:

DB 36.3 .W44 1996

Contents:

The Castle of the Hawk 1020-1300 -- Cosa Nostra (our cause) 1300-1400 -- Universal empire 1400-1500 -- El Dorado (the golden one) 1500-1550 -- A war to the last extremity 1550-1660 -- Felix Austria - the happy state 1660-1790 -- The Last cavalier 1790-1916 -- finis Austriae - the end? 1916-1995. Family trees - The House of Habsburg 1000-1922

Summary: The Habsburgs have been described as demons - responsible for a 'history of atrocities'; and, as dodos - living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. This book features figures as mad Queen Juana, progressing through Spain with her husband's decaying body; the 'heroically fertile' Maria Theresa; and, the Maximilian, 'Emperor' of Mexico.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Annex General Circulation	General Education	GC DB 36.3 .W44 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000016798

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Habsburgs have been described as demons - responsible for a 'history of atrocities'; and, as dodos - living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. This book features figures as mad Queen Juana, progressing through Spain with her husband's decaying body; the 'heroically fertile' Maria Theresa; and, the Maximilian, 'Emperor' of Mexico.

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