Habsburg Labyrinth: Six Centuries of Europe's Most Powerful Royal Family

The Habsburg Labyrinth: Six Centuries of Europe's Most Powerful Royal Family Dr. Emilia Brandt-von Hess They did not conquer Europe. They married it.While other dynasties sent armies, the Habsburgs sent wedding parties. While rivals drew swords, the Habsburgs drew up marriage contracts. The result was the most extraordinary accumulation of power in the history of Western civilization: a single fam...