Austria - Historical Setting - Library of Congress Country Study

Austria: Historical Setting

Library of Congress Country Study

This document is a portion of a larger work on the country of Austria
produced by the Library of Congress
edited by Eric Solsten
from research completed in 1993

About this History
The documents here constitute only a portion of "Chapter 1: A Historical Setting," covering Austria from its earliest history through 1648. For the rest of the chapter, covering the mid-17th to the late 20th century, visit the Library of Congress Country Studies home page:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/

Historical Setting

The Alpine-Danubian Region Before the Habsburg Dynasty: The Celtic and Roman Eras; The Early Medieval Era; The Holy Roman Empire and the Duchy of Austria

The Rise of the Habsburg Empire: The Habsburg Dynasty in the Late Medieval Era; Territorial Expansion, Division, and Consolidation; The Protestant Reformation in the Habsburg Lands; The Turkish Threat

The Counter-Reformation and the Thirty Years' War: Division and Rebellion; The Thirty Years' War, 1618-48; The Peace of Westphalia

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