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¶ … History of the Habsburg Empire,1273-1700
The historical work of Jean Berenger titled, "A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1273-1700," is beneficial in understanding the Habsburg Dynasty of this time period. While there has been many works that have also been helpful when completing studies on this topic, Berenger's work is a successful addition to previously published research.
Berenger is a respected professor of history. His writings display a vast knowledge of the most recent as well as the older literature on Habsburg history. His knowledge is not limited to just the French and Austrain works, but he is also in command of the most recent English fellow. In this work, Berenger undertook an enormous task of explicitly explaining the colorful tapestry that is woven of the individual nations of the monarchy. He didn't take any stand for only one side, but equally gives information concerning all involved.
Berenger explains the respective weights and roles in shaping the power structure of the monarchy.
The information that he has included within his two-volume writings portrays a precise survey of Habsburg history from the late Baroque period to the monarchy's demise in World War I. The author has written the books with the assumption that the reader will have a familiarity of the Habsburg history, thus the information contained is very condensed and contains several factual statements based on previously learned knowledge. However,...
Berenger's work also offers concise explanations on how the fortunes of the Austrian and Spanish wealth and branches of the Habsburg family are interwoven. This allows a better understanding of the history which includes the nobles of the Austrians, Germans, Czechs and Hungarians. The author also gives biographical details concerning the dominant personalities of the dynasty. This information is contained within the narrative and has a strong overtone of politics which includes economic developments, social change, and major cultural movements.
There have only been a handful of historians who have been courageous enough to attempt to centralize the diverse historical accounts of the Habsburg Empire and the people who were part of this dynasty. The cultures of those involved and the development of the fortunes is dynamic. The works of Berenger displays this information in a systematic and knowledge manner that is understandable for the reader to digest. Five centuries of Habsburg rule is dramatically scribed and holds the interest so that the reader continues to follow the…
Works Cited
Berenger, Jean. (1997). A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1700-1918. London: Longman.
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