Austria, Hungary, and the Habsburgs: Essays on Central Europe, C.1683-1867
- ISBN-10
- 0191701254
- ISBN-13
- 9780191701252
- Category
- Austria
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Author
- Robert John Weston Evans
Description
These essays, by the leading historian of the Austro-Hungarian empire, explore the political and religious history of the Habsburg lands. They also describe key aspects of the evolution towards modern statehood and national awareness in Central Europe over more than two centuries of cultural and social transition.
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