Death is known as the great equalizer, and for the Holy Roman Emperors, eternal rest comes with elaborate perks. Since 1633, ...

The Hungarian Historical Review, Vol. 11, No. 2, Austria-Hungary and the Balkans – from the Perspectives of New Imperial History (2022), pp. 422-444 (23 pages) In this essay, I situate the Habsburg ...

Since 1633, dearly departed members of the Habsburg Dynasty have been interred in an extensive catacomb beneath the Capuchin ...

The Habsburgs, Europe’s most durable, powerful dynastic family, held sway from the late Middle Ages till the end of WWI, ruling lands that now comprise 19 modern countries. Penguin UK editor Winder ...

Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe By Simon Winder Farrar, Straus and Giroux 560 pages, $30 By Edward Cuddihy NEWS BOOK REVIEWER British author Simon Winder mapped out quite ...

From the 13th century till the end of World War I, a Habsburg ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Vienna as its capital city. For a couple of centuries, another branch of the family ruled the ...

A century has passed since the demise of the Habsburg Empire and the birth of Yugoslavia, and for the last hundred years, historians have tried to make sense of this change. I strive to answer the ...

“The Czechs are getting alarmed by Italian influence in Austria. Jugoslavia is rattled. The prospect of an Austro-Hungarian monarchy is not fantastic. Prince von Starhemberg and his following are ...