Bibliograph

The Habsburgs, to rule the world, Martyn Rady

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The Habsburgs, to rule the world, Martyn Rady

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-375) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesgenealogical tablesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Habsburgs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Martyn Rady

Sub title

to rule the world

Summary

"Habsburgs ruled much of Europe for centuries. From modest origins as minor German nobles, the family used fabricated documents, invented genealogies, savvy marriages, and military conquest on their improbable ascent, becoming the continent's most powerful dynasty. By the mid-fifteenth century, the Habsburgs controlled much of the Holy Roman Empire, and by the early sixteenth century, their lands stretched across the continent and far beyond it. But in 1918, at the end of the Great War, the final remnant of their empire was gone. In The Habsburgs, historian Martyn Rady tells the epic story of the Habsburg dynasty and the world it built -- and then lost -- over nearly a millennium, placing it in its European and global contexts.--, Provided by publisher

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