The Tyrolean nobleman Oswald von Wolkenstein (c. 1376-1445), a unique exponent of late medieval German lyric poetry, has left behind his artistic work letters, documents and records reflecting his personal chivalrous career and the typical life of his time (social networking, ec…
For a small, prosperous country in the middle of Europe, modern Austria has a very large and complex history, extending far beyond its current borders. Today's Austrians have a problematic relationship with that history, whether with the multi-national history of the Habsburg Mo…
"For a small, prosperous country in the middle of Europe, modern Austria has a very large and complex history, extending far beyond its current borders. Today's Austrians have a problematic relationship with that history, whether with the multi-national history of the Habsburg M…
A political, cultural, and socioeconomic history of the Habsburg empire, discussing the rise of Habsburg power, its subsequent status and action as a great power, and its dissolution.