Austria's Wars of Emergence, 1683-1797 (Modern Wars In Perspective)

Austria’s Wars of Emergence, 1683-1797 (Modern Wars In Perspective)
by: Michael Hochedlinger (Author)
Publisher:Routledge
Edition:1st
Publication Date: 31 Mar. 2016
Language:English
Print Length:140 pages
ISBN-10:1138173614
ISBN-13:9781138173613
Book Description
The Habsburg Monarchy has received much historiographical attention since 1945. Yet the military aspects of Austria’s emergence as a European great power in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have remained obscure. This book shows that force of arms and the instruments of the early modern state were just as important as its marriage policy in creating and holding together the Habsburg Monarchy.Drawing on an impressive up-to-date bibliography as well as on original archival research, this survey is the first to put Vienna’s military back at the centre stage of early modern Austrian history.
About the Author
The Habsburg Monarchy has received much historiographical attention since 1945. Yet the military aspects of Austria’s emergence as a European great power in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have remained obscure. This book shows that force of arms and the instruments of the early modern state were just as important as its marriage policy in creating and holding together the Habsburg Monarchy.Drawing on an impressive up-to-date bibliography as well as on original archival research, this survey is the first to put Vienna’s military back at the centre stage of early modern Austrian history.