This study is a source-based contribution to the history of ‘Catholic Austria’ with its cooperation between church and state. It transcended borders and was marked by both inter- and transnationality. Against the backdrop of the European competition for influence in the Holy Land – which was at the time part of the Ottoman Empire – this book traces a series of developments. These comprised an increasing commitment on the part of the Habsburg Monarchy, a major Catholic power, and a growing...

Die Akademie der Wissenschaften war seit ihrer Gründung 1846/47 nie ausschließlich für wissenschaftliche Forschung und die Verbreitung neuer Erkenntnisse zuständig, sondern stets auch Arbeitgeberin. Ab Dezember 1847 sorgten Kanzleipersonal und Hausdiener, später auch ein Buchhalter, ein Portier und Reinigungskräfte für einen reibungslosen Ablauf der Tagesgeschäfte. Deren geographische und soziale Herkunft, ihre Qualifikationen, ihre privaten wie wirtschaftlichen Lebensumstände werden hier...

The encounter of Occident and Orient is one of the major topics of our time. This encounter is the theme of the present volume in regards to the Palestinian realm from 1799 to 1948. The contributions of twelve authors from Germany, France, Israel, Italy, Austria, Russia, and Switzerland are concerned with a period in which the ordinary interest for the land of the Bible and Christian history was connected to a much greater cultural and political discourse, which was not only carried out by the...

The history of diplomacy has experienced a resurgence in the last two decades, largely thanks to the attention being paid to new issues which have arisen alongside the analysis of political procedures. These include the practical and structural aspects of diplomatic service, such as the social order of the diplomats and the organisational framework for their occupation, but also the day-to-day business aside from negotiations on national policy and public events. In recent times the ceremonial...

The Austrian State Treaty of 15 May 1955 is one of the main founding documents of the Austrian Second Republic. Moreover, it is also one of the most important international treaties that has been signed in the post-war decade. In 33 articles by renowned historians, specialists in international law and diplomats, this anthology presents the history of the State Treaty’s genesis in the networks of international relations during the Cold War, the implementation of important provisions, and its...

Archduke Charles of Austria (1771–1847), the third son of Emperor Leopold II and thus the younger brother of the Emperor Francis II (I), is considered to have been one of the most important military challengers of Napoleon on the Austrian side, due chiefly to his famous victory of Aspern in 1809. This monograph presents the author’s recent research on this outstanding Habsburg prince, as based on intellectual history methods. It focuses on the development of Archduke Charles’s character,...

The anthology provides a very first overview of the history of the Innsbruck Court from the 15th century to the end of the Ancien Régime, thus meeting a substantial research desideratum. It is the result of a colloquium that took place on 6 and 7 June 2002 in Innsbruck, organised by the Historic Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Institute for History at Innsbruck University. No fewer than 13 authors from England, the Czech Republic, Russia, Italy, Germany and Austria...

Historical writing in Europe chiefly takes place within a national context. So far attempts at writing “European” history have frequently concentrated on Western Europe. The authors of this volume, the result of a Symposion assembled by the Austrian Academy of Sciences in May, 2000, address a broader concept of Europe, where Northern Europe, Eastern Europe (including Russia) and South Eastern Europe are not regarded as separate fields of study, but rather as integral components of European...

Inhalt und Umfang des Österreichbegriffs vom 10. Jahrhundert bis heute

1000 Jahre nach der ersten Nennung des Namens Ostarrichi in einem Dokument gehen dreizehn Autoren - in der Hauptsache Historiker, aber auch je ein Germanist, Kunsthistoriker und Musikwissenschafter - der Frage nach, wofür die Begriffe "Österreich" und "österreichisch" seither stehen. Untersucht wird einerseits, für welchen geographischen Raum in den einzelnen Geschichtsepochen der name Österreich verwendet wird, und andererseits, wer sich von den darin lebenden Personen als Österreicher gefühlt...

Der „Lange Türkenkrieg“ 1593-1606 beendete die Phase militärischer Überlegenheit der Osmanen gegenüber den Habsburgern. Zu diesem Ergebnis haben neben der Opferbereitschaft der Erblande beachtliche Kontributionen aus dem Reich beigetragen. Hingegen blieben die Bemühungen um Hilfstruppen und Subsidien aus anderen europäischen Staaten nur mäßig erfolgreich, und die von Papst Clemens VIII. unternommenen Versuche, ein antiosmanisches Bündnis zustande zu bringen, scheiterten völlig. Die Reaktion der...