The Making of the Habsburg monarchy, 1550-1700
Subtitle: an interpretation
By: R. J. W. Evans. --
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 531
Subjects: Austria -- History -- 1519-1740
Description: This book examines and accounts for the emergence of a powerful Habsburg state in central Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. Charting the transformation of the Habsburg lands from a casual juxtaposition of territories into a major and reasonably stable commonwealth, Evans examines the social and economic changes brought about by the Counter-Reformation, the interaction between regions and central government, and the intellectual evolution from the Renaissance to the Baroque.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [465]-485. *** Includes index.

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