Austria's Wars of Emergence, 1683-1797
Austria's Wars of Emergence, 1683-1797

Author: Michael Hochedlinger

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-12-22

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 131788793X

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The Habsburg Monarchy has received much historiographical attention since 1945. Yet the military aspects of Austria’s emergence as a European great power in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have remained obscure. This book shows that force of arms and the instruments of the early modern state were just as important as its marriage policy in creating and holding together the Habsburg Monarchy. Drawing on an impressive up-to-date bibliography as well as on original archival research, this survey is the first to put Vienna’s military back at the centre stage of early modern Austrian history.

Our First Revolution
Our First Revolution

Author: Michael Barone

Publisher: Crown Forum

Published: 2008-06-24

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1400097932

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Describes the influence of Britain's Glorious Revolution of 1688 and 1689 on America's founding fathers, detailing the impact of the era on the evolution of representative government and the concept of individual liberty.