Western Civilization II / Unit 3 WC2 0207 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Habsburg Austria After Westphalia, and Maria Theresa
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The idea
Charles V split the dynasty at his abdication in fifteen fifty-six, Spain to his son, the imperial lands to his brother; the Spanish line died in seventeen hundred. After Westphalia, the anchor says, Habsburg meant Austrian: Austria, Hungary, Bohemia.
In practice
Maria Theresa, from seventeen forty, rationalized offices and kept subjects loyal.
Where people slip
The anchor says fifteen fifty-eight; the witness's Philip II reigns from fifty-six.
Your place on the trail
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Unlocks
- 0219Sequencing the Eastern Monarchies, 1613 to 1740
- 0222Reading a Map of the Holy Roman Empire in 1789: Habsburg, Prussian, Polish
- 0224Three Absolutisms Built on Serfdom: Prussia, Austria, Russia
- 0322Europe After Utrecht: The Austrian Succession and the Pragmatic Sanction
- 0522Maria Theresa and Joseph II: Reform From Vienna
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