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Book The Habsburgs

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  • Author : Paula Sutter Fichtner
  • Publisher : Reaktion Books
  • Release : 2014-05-15
  • ISBN : 1780233140
  • Pages : 351 pages

Download or read book The Habsburgs written by Paula Sutter Fichtner and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 not only sparked the beginning of World War I—it also initiated the beginning of the end of the six-hundred-year-old Habsburg dynasty, which fell apart when the war ended, changing Europe forever. But how did the Habsburgs come to play such a decisive role in the fate of the continent? Paula Sutter Fichtner seeks to answer this question in this comprehensive account of the longest-lived European empire. Tracing the origins of the house of Habsburg to the tenth century, Fichtner identifies the principal characters in the story and explores how they were able to hold together such a culturally diverse and multiethnic state for so many centuries. She takes account of the intertwining of culture, politics, and society, revealing the strategies that enabled the dynasty’s extraordinarily long life: its dazzling mix of cultural propaganda, public performances, and cunning political maneuvering. She points out the irony that one of the crowd-pleasing performances that had enabled the Habsburg success—visiting beds of the injured—led to Ferdinand’s death and the empire’s downfall. Breathing fresh life into the history of the Habsburg reign, this accessible and authoritative history charts one of the pivotal foundation stories of modern Europe.

Book Ottokar Forschungen

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1979
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 474 pages

Download or read book Ottokar Forschungen written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Unions and Divisions

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  • Author : Paul Srodecki
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2022-11-25
  • ISBN : 1000685586
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Unions and Divisions written by Paul Srodecki and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-25 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a comprehensive and engaging account of personal unions, composite monarchies and multiple rule in premodern Europe: Unions and Divisions. New Forms of Rule in Medieval and Renaissance Europe uses a comparative approach to examine the phenomena of the medieval and renaissance unions in a pan-European overview. In the later Middle Ages, genealogical coincidences led to caesuras in various dynastic successions. Solutions to these were found, above all, in new constellations which saw one political entity becoming co-managed by the ruler of another in the form of a personal union. In the premodern period, such solutions were characterised by two factors in particular: on the one hand, the entry of two countries into a union did not constitute a military annexation — even though claims to the throne were all too often imposed by force; on the other hand, the new unitarian constellation retained, at least de jure, the independence of its respective components. The twenty-four essays, ranging in scope from Scandinavia to Iberia, from England and France to Central and Eastern Europe, examine whether the respective unions were the result of careful planning and deliberations in the face of a long-foreseen succession crisis or whether they emerged from dynamic developments that were largely reactive and dependent upon various random factors and circumstances. Each union is assessed to provide an understanding, for students and researchers, of the political and social forces involved in the respective countries and investigates how the unions were reflected in contemporary literature (pamphlets, memoranda, chronicles, diaries etc.), propaganda and in legal and historical discourses. This volume is essential reading for students and researchers interested in the history of monarchy, political history and social and cultural histories in premodern Europe.

Book Journal of Neo Latin Studies

Download or read book Journal of Neo Latin Studies written by Gilbert Tournoy and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 49

Book Disciplined Dissent

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  • Author : Autori Vari
  • Publisher : Viella Libreria Editrice
  • Release : 2017-01-03T00:00:00+01:00
  • ISBN : 8867287745
  • Pages : 295 pages

Download or read book Disciplined Dissent written by Autori Vari and published by Viella Libreria Editrice. This book was released on 2017-01-03T00:00:00+01:00 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by current debates around political confrontation and the exercise of power, Fabrizio Titone offers an interpretation based on the concept of disciplined dissent. This interpretation is centred on the notion of diffused power and is designed to transcend the binary distinction consensus/resistance. The aim is to identify the conservative process involved in mounting a critique, a protest, through which those who object may have intercepted and then deployed on their own account the cultural repertoire of those in a position of authority. This was with a view to obtaining a hearing, or even influencing the activities of the government and decentering the exercise of power. The essays collected here take as their theoretical point of departure the concept of disciplined dissent. In order to ascertain how adaptable the latter is, the decision was taken to include studies relating to wholly distinct political contexts. Contributions by scholars from different backgrounds shed light upon different circumstances prevailing in continental and non-continental medieval Europe. The aim is to offer a broad spectrum of analyses on political confrontation, the formulation of critiques and the attainment of spaces for participation by means of non-violent protest.

Book A Companion to Medieval Vienna

Download or read book A Companion to Medieval Vienna written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a multidisciplinary view on the complexity of an emerging city, offering, for the first time in English, an overview of the current state of research on Vienna in the Middle Ages.

Book Ver  ffentlichungen

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  • Author : Styria. Landesarchiv
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1986
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 632 pages

Download or read book Ver ffentlichungen written by Styria. Landesarchiv and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Meanings of Community across Medieval Eurasia

Download or read book Meanings of Community across Medieval Eurasia written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores some of the many different meanings of community across medieval Eurasia. How did the three ‘universal’ religions, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, frame the emergence of various types of community under their sway? The studies assembled here in thematic clusters address the terminology of community; genealogies; urban communities; and monasteries or ‘enclaves of learning’: in particular in early medieval Europe, medieval South Arabia and Tibet, and late medieval Central Europe and Dalmatia. It includes work by medieval historians, social anthropologists, and Asian Studies scholars. The volume present the results of in-depth comparative research from the Visions of Community project in Vienna, and of a dialogue with guests, offering new and exciting perspectives on the emerging field of comparative medieval history. Contributors are (in order within the volume) Walter Pohl, Gerda Heydemann, Eirik Hovden, Johann Heiss, Rüdiger Lohlker, Elisabeth Gruber, Oliver Schmitt, Daniel Mahoney, Christian Opitz, Birgit Kellner, Rutger Kramer, Pascale Hugon, Christina Lutter, Diarmuid Ó Riain, Mathias Fermer, Steven Vanderputten, Jonathan Lyon and Andre Gingrich.

Book Florence in Transition

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  • Author : Marvin Becker
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 2019-08-01
  • ISBN : 1421430746
  • Pages : 309 pages

Download or read book Florence in Transition written by Marvin Becker and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1967. With the waning of the Middle Ages, the life of the Italian polis underwent a gradual but unmistakable transformation. The leisurely decentralization of the medieval commune, which had its roots in feudalism, the code of chivalry, and religious faith, gave place to the tight despotism of the fourteenth century. This in turn yielded to democratized government and finally to a stricter legalistic and puritanical rule. Marvin Becker's two-volume study of Florence examines this metamorphosis and establishes its relationship to the emergence of the Renaissance state. Volume One traces the decline of the communal paideia in its political, social, and cultural aspects. Through an intensive examination of the fiscal and juridical records of the period and the documents of contemporary literature, Dr. Becker demonstrates the relationship between the death of communal ideals and the centralization of political power, and between the emergence of a strong middle class and a respect for public law. He shows the patricians discovering a community of interest with the burghers, and the vendetta being replaced by courts of law. Finally, he traces the growing ability of the Florentine citizenry to cope with crisis through the newly strengthened organs of the republic. Volume Two will discuss the establishment of Florence as a Renaissance city-state with particular emphasis on the continuum between the medieval commune of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries and the centralized city of the mid-fourteenth century. A unique contribution of this volume lies in the use made of painstaking and detailed investigation of the voluminous archival resources of the Archivio di Stato of Florence—some of which have since been destroyed by the 1966 flood. In pursuit of what actually took place during communal council meetings, what legislation was passed and what rejected, Dr. Becker scrutinized tens of thousands of documents in a variety of categories, obtaining first-hand knowledge of the careers of those in power, and gaining illuminating insights into motivations and actions. Political, social, and cultural historians will find Florence in Transition, Volume One, a helpful elucidation of the dynamics of historical change and the birth of a state.

Book Historica

Download or read book Historica written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology

Download or read book The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology written by Clifford J. Rogers and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 1798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set is an excellent companion to J. R. Strayer's edited Dictionary of the Middle Ages (CH, Nov'87; Supplement I, ed. by W. C. Jordan, CH, Sep'04, 42-0044). The focus on warfare allows the editors to offer larger entries on major topics (e.g., "Agincourt," "Crusades," "Feudalism") and introduce many complementary topics. The editors are concerned with Europe; they expand coverage into Asia or Africa only because of the connection to medieval Europe. Coverage also includes an abundance of entries pertaining to Central and Eastern Europe. Most of the 1,000-plus entries are about a page in length, but a few approach 50 pages. Medium and large-size entries, such as "Chivalry," "Germany," and "Slavic Lands," discuss primary sources and very valuable historiographies. A thorough index helps readers locate the Knights Templar under "Orders, Military, Levantine Orders." Cross-references and bibliographies follow each of the signed entries. Locating reliable and scholarly information on the Knights Templar and Vlad Tepes (Dracula) is tricky. Some of the bibliographies include sources in foreign languages. For example, the references for the Black Army of Hungary are in Hungarian. Noticeably missing are entries for the many wars. This set is particularly suited to research libraries. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners; general readers. General Readers; Lower-division Undergraduates; Upper-division Undergraduates; Graduate Students; Researchers/Faculty; Professionals/Practitioners. Reviewed by W. M. Fontane.

Book Journal of Medieval Military History  Volume XXII

Download or read book Journal of Medieval Military History Volume XXII written by Kelly Devries and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the field of medieval warfare." Medieval Warfare The articles in volume 22 of the Journal of Medieval Military History range widely, not only in chronology but also in geography and approach. Sven Ekdahl looks at the big picture of the role of Swedish castles in the north; L. J. Andrew Villalon focuses on the very particular and culturally significant rewards given by the Catholic Kings to two noble families to celebrate minor victories on the borders of Granada in the far south. Subjects include fighting at the tactical level (the unexpectedly substantial tradition of mounted archery in England, the Low Countries and France, revealed by Sanders Goevarts), the operational level (Emperor Louis II's logistics in Italy, treated by Elijah T. Wallace), and the strategic level (King John's employment of naval power, analyzed by Adam M. McNeil). Vladimir Aleksic and Damnjan Prlinčevic consider military, political, geographical, demographic, and economic factors to contextualize the military history of the rich mining town of Novo Brdo in Serbia as it faced the rising tide of Ottoman conquest in the last century of the Middle Ages. Three contributions draw on the rich resources of the English royal archives to illuminate the material and technological tools of medieval warfare: individual weapons (most significantly both longbows and short bows) described with exceptional detail in a murder case of 1315 (Clifford J. Rogers); the horses of Henry V in the Agincourt campaign of 1415 (Gary P. Baker); and the military equipment stored at Dover Castle as described in inventories dating from 1320 to 1437 (Dan Spencer).

Book Bruckner Studies

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  • Author : Timothy L. Jackson
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1997-11-27
  • ISBN : 9780521570145
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Bruckner Studies written by Timothy L. Jackson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-11-27 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1997 book presents musicological and theoretical research on the life and music of Anton Bruckner.

Book The Uses of the Middle Ages in Modern European States

Download or read book The Uses of the Middle Ages in Modern European States written by R. Evans and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-12-20 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An assessment of the role of the Middle Ages in national historiography and in modern conceptions of national identity, looking at relatively young nations, and regions which claim national traditions but were slow to achieve, or regain, separate statehood. Examples range from Ireland and Iceland through Austria and Italy to Finland and Greece.

Book Bauforschung und Denkmalpflege

Download or read book Bauforschung und Denkmalpflege written by Mario Schwarz and published by Böhlau Verlag Wien. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aus Anlass des 70. Geburtstages von Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mario Schwarz haben sein ehemaliger Schüler Dr. Günther Buchinger und der Präsident der Österr. Gesellschaft für Denkmal- und Ortsbildpflege, Univ.Prof. DI Dr. Friedmund Hueber, diese Festschrift herausgegeben. Sie beinhaltet neben einem ausführlichen Curriculum und einer Auflistung des Oeuvres des Jubilars hervorragende Artikel zu Archäologie, Denkmalpflege, Bauforschung und Architektur des Mittelalters, der Frühen Neuzeit und des Historismus. Dank der Arbeitsgebiete von Mario Schwarz sind unter den Autoren namhafte Persönlichkeiten von Universitäten und Akademien aus Österreich, Polen, Tschechien, Ungarn und Slowenien.

Book Urkunden     Schriften     Lebensordnungen

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  • Author : Universität Wien. Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung. Jahrestagung
  • Publisher : Böhlau Verlag Wien
  • Release : 2015-03-18
  • ISBN : 3205796330
  • Pages : 374 pages

Download or read book Urkunden Schriften Lebensordnungen written by Universität Wien. Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung. Jahrestagung and published by Böhlau Verlag Wien. This book was released on 2015-03-18 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der vorliegende Band bietet die Ergebnisse der 2. Jahrestagung des IÖG 2012 aus Anlass des 100. Geburtstags seines langjährigen Direktors, des Mediävisten Heinrich Fichtenau (1912–2000). Er beschäftigt sich mit den weit gefächerten Arbeitsgebieten dieses großen Historikers und dem Stand der Wissenschaft auf ihnen und reflektiert auch die internationale Rezeption der wichtigsten Schriften Fichtenaus. Diesen folgend sind eigene Kapitel den Themen Urkundenforschung und Diplomatik, der Paläographie unter dem Titel „Mensch und Schrift“, der Geschichte und Kultur der Karolingerzeit, der Kulturgeschichte des Mittelalters und Österreich im Hochmittelalter gewidmet. Sie bieten ein breites Spektrum von Essays zu diesen Arbeitsgebieten. Ein eigener Abschnitt beschäftigt sich mit Leben und Werk des Jubilars.

Book Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research

Download or read book Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research written by American Society for Psychical Research and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in v. 1, 6, 12.