Habsburgs. Power over the World

The history of a mighty dynasty that dominated Europe for nearly a thousand years, as well as its unique universe that it created and then lost at the dawn of the 20th century. Starting as modest Swabian feudal lords, in... the 15th century the Habsburgs achieved dominion over the Holy Roman Empire, and then, in just a few decades, over a vast portion of the globe, from Hungary, the Netherlands, and Spain to Peru and Mexico. Historians often depict the Habsburg Empire as a chance political formation, a patchwork quilt, but Reidy clearly demonstrates the unyielding will of the Habsburgs to power, fueled by their belief in their supreme destiny to be defenders of the Catholic faith, guarantors of peace, and patrons of enlightenment. This book contains everything you need to know about the dynasty that forever changed the European continent and the whole world.