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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/

 

Contents

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

Bibliography

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