History of the Habsburg Empire

Rise and Decline of the Great Dynasty: The Founder - Rhodolph's Election as Emperor, Religious Strife in Europe, Charles V, The Turkish Wars, The Polish War, Maria Theresa, The French Revolution & European Coalition

John S. C. Abbott

Leesfragment

€1,99

History
of
the
Austrian
Empire
embraces
all
that
is
wild
and
wonderful
in
history;
early
struggles
for
aggrandizement,
the
fierce
strife
with
the
Turks,
as
wave
after
wave
of
Moslem
invasion
rolled
up
the
Danube,
the
long
conflicts
and
bloody
persecutions
of
the
Reformation,
the
thirty
years'
religious
war,
the
meteoric
career
of
Gustavus
Adolphus
and
Charles
XII.
shooting
athwart
the
lurid
storms
of
battle,
the
intrigues
of
Popes,
the
enormous
pride,
power
and
encroachments
of
Louis
XIV.,
the
warfare
of
the
Spanish
succession
and
the
Polish
dismemberment.
All
these
events
combine
in
a
sublime
tragedy
which
fiction
may
in
vain
attempt
to
parallel.
Contents:
Rhodolph
of
Hapsburg
-
From
1232
to
1291.
Reigns
of
Albert
I.,
Frederic,
Albert
and
Otho
-
From
1291
to
1347.
Rhodolph
II.,
Albert
IV.
And
Albert
V.
-
From
1389
to
1437.
Albert,
Ladislaus
and
Frederic.
-
From
1440
to
1489.
The
Emperors
Frederic
II.
And
Maximilian
I.
-
From
1477
to
1500.
Maximilian
I.
-
From
1500
to
1519.
Charles
V.
And
the
Reformation.
-
From
1519
to
1581.
Charles
V.
And
the
Reformation.
-
From
1531
to
1552.
Charles
V.
And
the
Turkish
Wars.
-
From
1552
to
1555.
Ferdinand
I.—his
Wars
and
Intrigues.
-
From
1555
to
1562.
Death
of
Ferdinand
I.—Accession
of
Maximilian
II.
-
From
1562
to
1576.
Character
of
Maximilian.—Succession
of
Rhodolph
III.
-
From
1576
to
1604.
Rhodolph
III.
And
Matthias.
-
From
1604
to
1612.
Matthias.
-
From
1612
to
1619.
Ferdinand
II.
-
From
1619
to
1621.
Ferdinand
II.
-
From
1621
to
1629.
Ferdinand
II.
And
Gustavus
Adolphus.
-
From
1629
to
1632.
Ferdinand
II.,
Ferdinand
Iii.
And
Leopold
I.
-
From
1632
to
1662.
Leopold
I.
And
the
Spanish
Succession
-
From
1662
to
1710.
Joseph
I.
And
Charles
VI.
-
From
1710
to
1717.
Charles
VI.
-
From
1716
to
1727.
Charles
VI.
And
the
Polish
War.
-
From
1727
to
1735.
Charles
VI.
And
the
Turkish
War
Renewed.
-
From
1735
to
1739.
Maria
Theresa.
-
From
1739
to
1780.
Joseph
II.
And
Leopold
II.
-
From
1780
to 1792.

1 of 349