The embodying empire Wheatcroft, Andrew 1944- creator text enk London Penguin Books 1996 monographic eng

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xxix, 384 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some col.), geneal. tables, maps, portraits. (some col.) ; 20 cm. 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. 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. Andrew Wheatcroft. Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-368) and index. Casa de Habsburgo Austria Historia 304 DB 36 W556h 1996 9780140236347 0140236341 BJBSDDR 071214 20231009112520.0 eng