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The Habsburgs: Portrait of a Dynasty
by Edward Crankshaw
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- hardcover
- First
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- ISBN 10
- 0670361348
- ISBN 13
- 9780670361342
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New York: The Viking Press, A Studio Book. Hardcover. 1971. First Edition. Sewn binding. Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright with light rubbing, two short tears, and dog ear to the lower front flap. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 272 pages.
Contents: The foundation of a dynasty : Rudolph I, Frederick III; The Burgundian inheritance : Maximilian I; Habsburg over Europe : Charles V and Martin Luther; The Spanish apotheosis : Philip II and the Austrian cousins; War and Counter-Reformation : Ferdinand II; Vienna besieged and the challenge of Louis XIV : Leopold I, Joseph I, Charles VI; The making of modern Austria : Maria Theresa; Reforming despot : Joseph II; Victory, reaction, collapse : Francis I, II, Ferdinand I and Metternich; Recovery and the long last act : Francis Joseph and Charles I; Genealogical tables; Map of Habsburg territories in Europe.
Contents: The foundation of a dynasty : Rudolph I, Frederick III; The Burgundian inheritance : Maximilian I; Habsburg over Europe : Charles V and Martin Luther; The Spanish apotheosis : Philip II and the Austrian cousins; War and Counter-Reformation : Ferdinand II; Vienna besieged and the challenge of Louis XIV : Leopold I, Joseph I, Charles VI; The making of modern Austria : Maria Theresa; Reforming despot : Joseph II; Victory, reaction, collapse : Francis I, II, Ferdinand I and Metternich; Recovery and the long last act : Francis Joseph and Charles I; Genealogical tables; Map of Habsburg territories in Europe.
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- Books of the World
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- Title
- The Habsburgs: Portrait of a Dynasty
- Author
- Edward Crankshaw
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670361348
- ISBN 13
- 9780670361342
- Publisher
- The Viking Press, A Studio Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Habsburg, hapsburgs, hapsbergs, biography, government, history, politics, Austria
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Biographies; Europe;
- Size
- 4to
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