Question

prove that habsburg empire was a patch work of many regions and people

Answer 1

The Habsburg Empirethat ruled over Austria-Hungary, for example, was a patchwork ofmany different regions and peoples. It included the Alpine regions– the Tyrol, Austria and the Sudetenland – as well as Bohemia,where the aristocracy was predominantly German-speaking. It alsoincluded the Italian-speaking provinces of Lombardy and Venetia.In Hungary, half of the population spoke Magyar while the otherhalf spoke a variety of dialects. In Galicia, the aristocracy spokePolish. Besides these three dominant groups, there also lived withinthe boundaries of the empire, a mass of subject peasant peoples –Bohemians and Slovaks to the north, Slovenes in Carniola, Croatsto the south, and Roumans to the east in Transylvania. Suchdifferences did not easily promote a sense of political unity. Theonly tie binding these diverse groups together was a commonallegiance to the emperor.