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He also discusses the lands and kingdoms that made up the Habsburg Empire, and the decisive moments that shaped their history. He introduces the pantheon of Habsburg rulers, which included adventurers, lunatics, and at least one monarch who wasso malformed that his true portrait could never be exhibited. In this Very Short Introduction Martin Rady looks at the history of the Habsburgs, from their tenth-century origins in Switzerland, to the dissolution of the Habsburg Empire in 1918. Reaching from South-East Asia to what is now Ukraine, the Habsburg Empire was truly global. Through the Spanish connection, they acquired lands around the Mediterranean and a chunk of theNew World, spreading eastwards to include the Philippines.
From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, they ruled much of Central Europe, and for two centuries were also rulers of Spain.
The Habsburgs are the most famous dynasty in continental Europe. Through the Spanish connection, they acquired lands a.
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