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On the ninth of September, 1888, an unusual event occurred in the princely house of Wittelsbach. Maximilian Joseph, the head of the ducal line of Vorpfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and his wife Ludovi……続きを見る

Why did Hungary, a country that shared much of the religious and institutional heritage of western Europe, fail to replicate the social and political experiences of the latter in the nineteenth and ……続きを見る

As the sun set on June 8, 1969, a group of teenagers gathered near a massive tree in a main square of Budapest to mourn the untimely death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones. By the end of the ……続きを見る

Das Salzburger Haus der Natur und seine Geschichte sind untrennbar mit der Person von Eduard Paul Tratz verbunden. Tratz gründete in den 1920er Jahren ein innovatives Natur- und Gesellschaftsmuseum,……続きを見る

The Path to Lidice is a series of ebooks that look into the relationships between Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, and the USA from the mid-1930s to the late 1960s. Roughly, this equates to the access……続きを見る

Die "Tiroler Heimat" ist die traditionsreichste wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift, die sich der Geschichte und Kultur der historischen Region Tirol widmet. Seit nunmehr hundert Jahren publiziert die Zei……続きを見る

From its emergence out of the ashes of World War II through to the economic and political challenges of today, Austria has embodied many of the contradictions of recent European history. Written by ……続きを見る

The Discontented tells the heroic story of the Hungarian uprisings against the Habsburgs in 17th and 18th centuries. Led by the charismatic trio of Imre Thököly, Helena Zrinyi and Ferenc Rákóczi II,……続きを見る

Massive Gewalt an Kindern und Jugendlichen in der Heilpädagogischen Abteilung des Landeskrankenhauses Klagenfurt und dem Landesjugendheim Rosental dokumentiert die Arbeit der Opferschutzkommissionen……続きを見る

Habsburg Sons describes Jewish participation in the Habsburg Army, 1788-1918, concentrating on World War I. Approximately 300,000-350,000 Jews fought in the Austro-Hungarian Armies on all fronts; of……続きを見る

This book explores the legacies of the genocide of Roma in Europe after the end of the Second World War. Hundreds of thousands of people labelled as ‘Gypsies’ were persecuted or killed in Nazi Germa……続きを見る

This book examines the significance of alliances in the international system, focusing on the dynamics between great and regional powers, and on the alliances Nazi Germany made during World War II, ……続きを見る

A work of creative nonfiction, VIENNA VOICES: A TRAVELER LISTE01 General/trade TO THE CITY OF DREAMS offers a nuanced portrait of the enigmatic “City of Dreams,” whose intellectual and artistic cult……続きを見る

Ilse Nusbaum was four years old in 1938 when Hitler’s soldiers marched into her hometown. Her family was stripped of all that it owned, and her father, Karl Lowy, was denied the right to defend his ……続きを見る

Finding Order in Diversity: Religious Toleration in the Habsburg Empire, 1792–1848 covers the tumultuous period in the Habsburg Empire from Joseph II’s failed reforms through the Revolutions of 1848……続きを見る

Histoire de la Suisse par Charles Gilliard. La Suisse depuis ses débuts jusqu'en 1944. Les origines ; 2. La tradition ; 3. La luttre contre les Habsbourg : la Confédération des 8 Cantons ; 4. la Co……続きを見る

D’où vient-elle ? Une fille part à la recherche de l'histoire de sa mère par Helen Epstein (traduction de Cécile Nelson; 121.000 mots; 49 illustrations; publié conjointement par La Cause des Livres ……続きを見る

L'œuvre de Franz Liszt est immense. Mais sait-on qu'il donna son premier concert à l'âge de neuf ans ? Qu'il composa sa première œuvre à quatorze ? Qu'il devint l'ami des grands personnages de l'épo……続きを見る

Petite-fille de Louis-Philippe roi des Français, fille du roi Léopold Ier de Belgique, Charlotte (1840-1927) aurait pu mener une vie de princesse tranquille. Elle se marie à 17 ans à Maximilien, frè……続きを見る

The twenty-first century has seen a renewed surge of cultural and critical interest in the works of the Austrian-Jewish author Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), who was among the most-read and -acclaimed au……続きを見る

Dans "Élevage officiel en Autriche-Hongrie", Adolphe Legoupy explore les mécanismes et les dynamiques de l'élevage des animaux dans le cadre du système bureaucratique de l'Empire austro-hongrois. Av……続きを見る

In "The Sieges of Vienna by the Turks," Karl August Schimmer meticulously chronicles the two sieges of the Habsburg capital by Ottoman forces in 1529 and 1683. The book employs a narrative style tha……続きを見る

Pays continental et plat, situé à l'est de l'Autriche, dans un espace entouré par les Carpates espace qu'elle partage avec la Slovaquie, la Transylvanie roumaine, le nord de la Serbie, de la Croat……続きを見る

Budapest has always been an important place. Almost at the centre of Europe, it is at the crossroads of geographical regions and of civilizations, at the intersection of ancient trade routes. Mounta……続きを見る

This lively history of Europe's royal families through the 18th and early 19th centuries reveals the decadence and danger of court life. As the glittering Hanoverian court gives birth to the British……続きを見る

The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual life Scion of a distinguished line of Talmudic scholars, Jacob Taubes (1923–1987) was an……続きを見る

The book argues that religion is a system of significant meanings that have an impact on other systems and spheres of social life, including cultural memory. The editors call for a postsecular turn ……続きを見る

This book discusses the active relationship among the mechanics of memory, visual practices, and historical narratives. Reflection on memory and its ties with historical narratives cannot be separat……続きを見る

Frente a la interpretación historiográfica habitual, según la cual el Imperio austro-húngaro "se disgregó" porque los pueblos que lo conformaban rechazaron continuar en su seno, François Fejtö nos m……続きを見る

**Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2014 Winner of the 2014 Wolfson History Prize, the 2014 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, the Society for Military History's 2015 Distinguished Bo……続きを見る