Western Civilization II / Unit 3 WC2 0205 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Austria: Diverse Domains, Bohemia's Robot, Hungary's Resistance
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The idea
The Habsburgs' ancestral state was the Empire's most powerful, but diversity blocked absolutism. In Bohemia the crown won control by letting nobles work their peasants three days a week unpaid, the robot; in Hungary the nobles resisted.
In practice
One dynasty, three kingdoms, three bargains.
Where people slip
The same trade of serfs for taxes as Prussia, without Prussia's concentration.
Your place on the trail
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