Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger provides the definitive biography of Maria Theresa, situating this exceptional empress within her time while dispelling the myths surrounding her.

"The Habsburg Monarchy (or Habsburg Empire) is an unofficial appellation amongst historians for the countries and provinces which were ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg (1278?1780), and then by the successor House ...

All of these questions are answered in this book. _________________ "Sylvia Barbara Soberton's The Forgotten Years of Anne Boleyn: The Habsburg & Valois Courts provides fans of the queen with essential background material about the courts ...

An overview of the Austria's recent history written for the general reader and the student.

"This important book advances a new interpretation of the Holy Roman Empire that promises to free analyses of the empire's inner workings from the burdens of contemporary political memory.

Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger provides the definitive biography of Maria Theresa, situating this exceptional empress within her time while dispelling the myths surrounding her.

Volume I discusses the history of the major Balkan nationalities.