Charles W. Ingrao
Auteur de The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815
A propos de l'auteur
Charles W. Ingrao is Professor of History at Purdue University.
Œuvres de Charles W. Ingrao
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Ingrao, Charles William
- Date de naissance
- 1948-03-15
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- Études
- Wesleyan University (BA|1969)
Brown University (MA|1971, PhD|1974) - Professions
- historian
- Organisations
- American Historical Association
Fulbright Alumni Association
Phi Beta Kappa
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 14
- Membres
- 145
- Popularité
- #142,479
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 31
- Langues
- 3
As Ingrao notes, the Habsburgs faced formidable challenges in governing their vast and diverse territories, which left them vulnerable to both local resistance and external threats. Yet he shows how the Habsburgs pragmatically turned these challenges into strengths, building an enduring empire that survived and even thrived during the early modern period. One of the foremost of these was its geographical position, which left it vulnerable to attack yet also valuable as an ally. Such alliances were the product of deft diplomacy, something the Habsburgs had to learn to master not only in dealing with the other powers of Europe but with the numerous minorities that made up their subjects. This diversity forced successive emperors to pursue consensus rather than confrontation with local elites, which left the monarchy weaker as an institution than many of its contemporaries in Europe but also served as a form of restraint in its international policy, as the monarchy was forced to avoid wars of aggression for which they would be unable to mobilize the necessary support. Their policies may not have made for the grandest of European states, but they helped the monarchy endure long after many of its contemporaries exhausted themselves through inconclusive wars.
Such an approach can run counter to preconceived notions about the Habsburg monarchy, yet Ingrao’s arguments are convincing. Through them, the Habsburg empire’s status as a great power and its survival over so many centuries become comprehensible to readers, helping them to understand not just its endurance but its long-overshadowed vitality as well. Well-written and thought-provoking, this book is an excellent introduction for anyone seeking to understand the history of the Habsburg empire and how such a seemingly unworkable state ruled so much of Europe for as long as it did.… (plus d'informations)