The Shortest History of Austria
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The Shortest History of Austria

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The Shortest History of Austria

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'Incisive but comprehensive, entertaining and well-illustrated, this is the perfect introduction to what was once a huge empire and is now a small but (undeservedly) very lucky country' TIM BLANNING
Austria is a small country with a glorious history but a troubled past. It sits at the crossroads of central Europe: the furthest the Ottomans reached in the seventeenth century, a back-channel between east and west during the Cold War, and today a member of the European Union with its neutrality challenged by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In The Shortest History of Austria, Nicholas T. Parsons expertly tells the story of Austria from its origins at the outer reaches of the Roman Empire to its dominance of central Europe under the Habsburgs, and from the rebuilding of the republic after the devastation of World War II to the political tensions of today.
As he ranges from the Romans to the Reformation, from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Anschluss, and from Mozart to Gustav Klimt to Harry Lime, Parsons reveals the drama of Austria's history – and the crucial role the country has played in the story of Europe.

Information

Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Year
2025
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781913083540
Subtopic
European History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Praise
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. A Timeline of Austrian History
  6. Habsburg Family Tree
  7. Prelude:  Small Country, Large History
  8. 1: Austrians and Pre-Austrians
  9. 2: Babenbergs and Early Habsburgs
  10. 3: The Habsburgs as Holy Roman Emperors
  11. 4: Protestants and the Empire
  12. 5: Internal and External Enemies
  13. 6: Baroque Culture
  14. 7: Enlightened Absolutism
  15. 8: Napoleonic Wars and the Biedermeier Age
  16. 9: From Austrian Empire to Dual Monarchy
  17. 10: Fin de siècle to Finis Austriae: 1873–1918
  18. 11: The Road to War and Disaster
  19. 12: The First Republic
  20. 13: The Second Republic
  21. 14: Post-Millennium Austria in the EU
  22. Further Reading
  23. Endnotes
  24. Image Credits
  25. Acknowledgements
  26. About the Author
  27. Also by Nicholas T. Parsons
  28. Copyright

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