Tag: Archdukes of Austria
Continued Habsburg Rule (1 minute) Albert I (1291-1308) managed to negotiate a peace with the Hungarians and Bohemians (people from one of the Czech lands) Austria neighbors and gains …
During the war Ferdinand II organized a series of forced conversions that successfully re-Catholicized the population of the Austrian hereditary lands. However, Hungary remained Protestant. The wars ravaged and …
Protestantism spread throughout Austria, Bohemia and Hungary while the Habsburg monarchs remained Catholic. Maximilian II asserted that he was neither Catholic nor Protestant but Christian and he rejected aggressive …
The enlightenment cultivated the art that became more and more reliant upon public support especially among the middle classes. The best known Austrian musician of this period is Amadeus …
Maria Theresia’s first set of reforms included updating and expanding the army. She also engaged in financial reform by collecting more form the territories and centralizing the Government. In …