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The Habsburgs To Rule the World

open access: yes, 2020
In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built — and then lost — over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century.
Rady, M
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Die Versuche der Habsburger, in Siebenbürgen eine Wohlfahrtspolitik zu Betreiben (1688–1790) [PDF]

open access: yesCodrul Cosminului, 2014
According to the interests of their dynasty and monarchy, the Habsburgs tried to promote a social policy in Transylvania, leading – among other things – to increase the living standards of Principality’s population, and in particular the welfare of the ...
Marinel Ovidiu Koch – Tufiş
doaj  

Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Campaign of the Great Hetman Jan Zamoyski in Moldavia (1595). Part I. Politico-diplomatic and military preliminaries [PDF]

open access: yesCodrul Cosminului, 2012
Polish-Turkish relations in the sixteenth century were generally peaceful, but the source of a conflict remained because of recurring bouts of Tatars and Cossacks, and the unexpired Polish claims to sovereignty over Moldavia.
Dariusz Milewski
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Declining female participation: Mechanisms at play in the Viennese private annuity market, c. 1360–1450

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract During the high and late Middle Ages, the European economy witnessed the emergence and substantial growth of capital markets, a phenomenon connected to urbanization and pestilence, both of which brought profound changes to the social, legal, and economic positions of women.
Anna Molnár
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesSwedish 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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Hunting for Hollanders: The community responsibility system, trade sanctions, and public debt in the late‐medieval Low Countries

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract To persuade creditors to lend, cities in the Low Countries relied on a community responsibility system that made all citizens personally liable for public debt. This exposed itinerant citizens to significant risks: their merchandise could be confiscated by creditors, and they could even be imprisoned for debt.
Jaco Zuijderduijn
wiley   +1 more source

Game of Scipios: Habsburg Interpretations, Adaptations, and Uses of Scipio Africanus in Early Modern Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Published online: 14 April 2023At the turn of the sixteenth century, the Habsburgs formulated a distinct dynastic identity that centered around their claims of ancient ancestry.
GRUDNICKA, Anastazja Maria   +1 more
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Hungarian policy of Habsburgs in the 15th century

open access: yes, 2007
In December 1437 was Albert II ofHabsburg elected the Hungarian king. He became the first member of the dynasty, who held the crown of St. Stephen. In the late 1430's took Habsburgs complete control of Central Europe, because Albert was simoultaneously ...
Černíková, Helena
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The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
wiley   +1 more source

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