Explain habsburgs empire? How it work ?
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Explanation:
The Habsburgs made Austria a great power in 1477, when they inherited much of what is now the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Soon afterwards they inherited many more lands by their marriage policies. During the 16th century, the Habsburgs ruled over large parts of Europe
Answer:
• The Habsburg Empire that ruled over Austria-Hungary, was a patchwork of many different regions and people.
• Eastern and Central Europe were under autocratic monarchies within the territories of which lived diverse people.
• They did not see themselves as sharing a collective indentity or a common culture.
• The Habsburg empire that ruled over Austria-Hungary included the Alpine regions - The Tyrol, Austria and the Sudetenland - as well as Bohemia where the aristocracy was predominantly German speaking.
• It also included the Italian speaking provinces of Lombardy and Vinetia.
• In Hungary, half of the population spoke Magyar while the other half spoke a variety of dialects.
• In Galicia, the aristocracy spoke Polish.
• Besides these three dominant groups, there also lived within the boundary of empire, a mass of subject peasant peoples - Bohemians, Slovaks to the north, Slovens in Carniola, Croats in the south and Romans to the east in Transylvania.
The only tie binding these diverse groups together was a common allegiance to the emperor.
• Rising from obscure origins, the Habsburg became the dominant political family of Europe during the Renaissance.
• A royal dynasty whose members became the hereditary rulers of the Holy-Roman Empire, and held authority over the largest realm in Europe during Renaissance.
• The Habsburgs originated in Swabia, a duchy in Germany .
• In 1246 , they took control over the duchy of Austria.
In this way, the Habsburg Empire woked .