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Diplomatic relations between France and Principality of Transylvania in the mid-16th century and the alliance project of 1558

Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies
The article analyses the diplomatic relations between the Principality of Transylvania and France during the period 1541–1559, under the leadership of Queen Isabella Szapolya (Jagiellon).
Victor V. Vizauer
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The Empire is dead, long live the Empire! Long-run persistence of trust and corruption in the bureaucracy [PDF]

, 2011
Do empires affect attitudes towards the state long after their demise? We hypothesize that the Habsburg Empire with its localized and well-respected administration increased citizens’ trust in local public services.
Becker, Sascha O., Boeckh, Katrin, Hainz , Christa, Woessmann , Ludger   +3 more
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Mujeres Públicas and women in public: Scrutinising the history of prostitution in eighteenth‐ and nineteenth‐century Mexico

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract Past studies of prostitution have mislabelled Mexican women as prostitutes when it is not clear that they had engaged in transactional sex. Here, we examine the history of prostitution between 1750 and 1865, detailing both legal frameworks and judicial evidence to address the reasons for the inflation of prostitution's presence in Mexico ...
Nora E. Jaffary, Luis Londoño
wiley   +1 more source

Target Zones in History and Theory: Lessons from an Austro-Hungarian Experiment (1896-1914) [PDF]

, 2002
The first known experiment with an exchange rate band took place in Austria- Hungary between 1896 and 1914. The rationale for introducing this policy rested on precisely those intuitions that the modern literature has emphasized: the band was designed
A Giovannini, Barry Eichengreen, Bernard Michel, C P Hallwood, C P Hallwood, Cyril Nemec, De Grauwe, Deutschland Und Im Ostseeraum, Einzig, Emil Struck, Flandreau Marc, G, Geoffrey M Hodgson, Gianluigi Celli, Heinz Gl�ck, Herbert Schlicht, Hungarian Currency, I E Volkswirt, J Schneider, J Schneider, John Komlos, Ludwig Mises, Ludwig Mises, M Bordo, M D Bordo, Marc Flandreau, Marc Flandreau, Marc Flandreau, Marc Flandreau, Mark Blaug, Mike Bordo, Ottomar Haupt, Paul Einzig, R Flood, Ronald Macdonald, Schmollers Jahrbuch F�r Gesetzgebung, Schulze-G�vernitz, Staats-Und Socialwissenschaftliche Forschungen, Ungarn, Ungarn, Walther Federn, Walther Federn, Walther Federn, Walther Federn, Walther Federn, Walther Federn, Yeager   +46 more
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M. E. Grant Duff, Philosophic Liberalism and the Global Liberal Cause

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Historians disagree about how best to conceptualize nineteenth‐century British Liberalism in relation to its international contexts. This article argues that we can better understand the patterns involved by interrogating individuals who bridged the worlds of partisan politics and elaborated thought.
Alex Middleton
wiley   +1 more source

The introduction of proofs of noble birth into the Habsburg monarchy. A new instrument to administrate the nobility (1650-1800)

Cornova
This article shows how the transfer of proofs of nobility by Maria Theresa of Austria in the 1750s led to complex movements between Vienna and the countries of the monarchy and produced social and cultural changes within the nobility.
Éric Hassler
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From contract to treaty: the legal transformation of the Spanish succession (1659-1713) [PDF]

, 2011
The problem of the Spanish Succession kept the European diplomatic system in suspense from 1659 until 1713. Statesmen and diplomats tackled the question. Their practical vision of the law is a necessary complement to legal doctrine. Louis XIV and Emperor
Dhondt, Frederik
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Churchill and Germany: A ‘Special’ Relationship

History, EarlyView.
Abstract No other country defined the trajectory of Churchill's political career more than Germany, a country of which he had little direct knowledge but which he either sought to emulate, accommodate or oppose throughout his time in politics. This article traces Churchill's relationship with Germany from his entry into politics at the beginning of the
T. G. Otte
wiley   +1 more source

Herrscherfiguren als Ausdruck des Idealen : Franz Grillparzers Rudolf von Habsburg und Stanislav Loms Karel IV.

Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik, 2017
The life and historic achievements of Rudolf of Habsburg, the founder of the Habsburg rule in Austria, were very often analyzed, especially in Austrian literature. Franz Grillparzer analyzed the rise of the Habsburgs in his "König Ottokars Glück und Ende"
Miroslav Urbanec
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National Rivalry among Hospitallers?

Medievalista, 2021
The medieval Hospitaller priory of Bohemia was riven by ethnic divisions and mutually unintelligible languages. The prior’s lieutenant for Austria, Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, who often resided at the important commandery of Mailberg, could have been
Karl Borchardt
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