01703nam a2200325 i 4500 BJBSDDR 20231009112520.0 ta 071214s1996 enk 000 0 eng d 9780140236347 0140236341 CSIC001156631 (ES-MaCSI)001156631MAD01-Aleph (OCoLC)851111757 BJBSDDR eng BJBSDDR eng 304 DB 36 W556h 1996 Wheatcroft, Andrew, 1944- 32455 The Habsburgs : embodying empire / Andrew Wheatcroft. London : Penguin Books, 1996. xxix, 384 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some col.), geneal. tables, maps, portraits. (some col.) ; 20 cm. Penguin history 25361 Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-368) and index. 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. 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. Casa de Habsburgo 780 Austria Historia 10811 lcc BK rmza 119783 119783 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-06-29 0 304 DB 36 W556h 1996 00000170851 2023-06-29 00:00:00 1 2023-06-29 BK