Jean Bérenger Livres

L'évolution de l'empire des Habsbourg et comment cet empire s'inscrit dans l'histoire de l'Europe depuis le 13e siècle jusqu'à sa fin au lendemain de la Première Guerre mondiale

Longtemps apparue comme une province du monde germanique, par sa langue et sa culture, élément de la monarchie des Habsbourg jusqu'en 1918, l'Autriche a constitué, contre son gré, une République indépendante. L'annexion par Hitler en 1938 lui a fait prendre conscience de son existence en tant que nation de l'Europe danubienne, qui, aujourd'hui, trouve sa place dans l'Union européenne.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

This is the eagerly awaited second volume of Jean Bérenger's history of the Habsburgs. It covers the last two centuries of their rule and provides a compelling account of the fluctuations of Habsburg dynastic power and its disintegration after World War One. Bérenger gives a rich portrait of Habsburg greatness under Maria Theresa and Joseph II and shows how their successors proved more adroit at riding the tide of nationalism in their multi-ethnic empire than is often recognised.

The first part of a two-volume history of the Habsburg Empire from its medieval origins to its dismemberment in the First World War. This important volume (which is self-contained) meets a long-felt need for a systematic survey in English of the Habsburgs and their lands in the late medieval and early modern periods. It is primarily concerned with the Habsburg territories in central and northern Europe, but the history of the Spanish Habsburgs in Spain and the Netherlands is also covered. The book, like the Habsburgs themselves, deals with an immense range of lands and peoples: clear, balanced, and authoritative, it is a remarkable feat of synthethis and exposition.