Medievalists.net » Hapsburg Dynasty http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Perquisite of a Medieval Wedding: Barbara of Cilli’s Acquisition of Wealth, Power, and Lands http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/perquisite-medieval-wedding-barbara-cillis-acquisition-wealth-power-lands/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/perquisite-medieval-wedding-barbara-cillis-acquisition-wealth-power-lands/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2014 23:44:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52407 The aim of my research will be on the one hand to highlight the beginnings of Barbara’s relationship with Sigismund; particularly their engagement and wedding...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/perquisite-medieval-wedding-barbara-cillis-acquisition-wealth-power-lands/feed/ 0 Catharism and Heresy in Milan http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/catharism-heresy-milan/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/catharism-heresy-milan/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 23:02:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49588 Evidence suggests that heresy in Lombardy proliferated during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a period of upheaval in the structure and form of politics and society, especially in itscapital city. From 1117 Milan operated as a commune, securing independent jurisdiction at thePeace of Constance (1183).

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/catharism-heresy-milan/feed/ 0 Espionage in the 16th century Mediterranean: Secret Diplomacy, Mediterranean Go-betweens and the Ottoman-Habsburg Rivalry http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/15/espionage-16th-century-mediterranean-secret-diplomacy-mediterranean-go-betweens-ottoman-habsburg-rivalry/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/15/espionage-16th-century-mediterranean-secret-diplomacy-mediterranean-go-betweens-ottoman-habsburg-rivalry/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2014 03:16:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48314 This dissertation compares both empires' secret services and explains the differences between the two systems of information gathering based on these empires' differing organizational structures.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/15/espionage-16th-century-mediterranean-secret-diplomacy-mediterranean-go-betweens-ottoman-habsburg-rivalry/feed/ 0 Unusual Life, Unusual Death and the Fate of the Corpse: A Case Study from Dynastic Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/23/unusual-life-unusual-death-and-the-fate-of-the-corpse-a-case-study-from-dynastic-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/23/unusual-life-unusual-death-and-the-fate-of-the-corpse-a-case-study-from-dynastic-europe/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:36:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40734 This article explores how deviant behaviour in life, deviant circumstances of death, and young age at death affected mortuary treatment among historically documented individuals from Medieval and Post-Medieval European dynasties.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/23/unusual-life-unusual-death-and-the-fate-of-the-corpse-a-case-study-from-dynastic-europe/feed/ 0 Juana “The Mad”: Queen of a World Empire http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/juana-the-mad-queen-of-a-world-empire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/juana-the-mad-queen-of-a-world-empire/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:53:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37842 It was not until the mid-nineteenth century that scholars discovered new material about Juana in the Spanish and Austrian archives that gave another side to the person of the woman who had been con- sidered “la loca.”

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/juana-the-mad-queen-of-a-world-empire/feed/ 0 The Elusive Netherlands. The question of national identity in the Early Modern Low Countries on the Eve of the Revolt http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/13/the-elusive-netherlands-the-question-of-national-identity-in-the-early-modern-low-countries-on-the-eve-of-the-revolt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/13/the-elusive-netherlands-the-question-of-national-identity-in-the-early-modern-low-countries-on-the-eve-of-the-revolt/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:04:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32723 The identity of the Low Countries was also muddied by contemporary debates about the correspondence between ‘Gallia’ and France and between ‘Germania’ and ‘Deutschland’.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/12/diplomatic-aspects-of-charles-the-bolds-relations-with-the-holy-see-2/feed/ 0 Süleyman the Magnificent and the Representation of Power in the Context of Ottoman-Hapsburg-Papal Rivalry http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/27/suleyman-the-magnificent-and-the-representation-of-power-in-the-context-of-ottoman-hapsburg-papal-rivalry/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/27/suleyman-the-magnificent-and-the-representation-of-power-in-the-context-of-ottoman-hapsburg-papal-rivalry/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:09:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29677 This article explores issues of cross-cultural communication raised by the Ottoman court's intense patronage of European artistic talent during the early part of Suleyman the Magnificent's reign (1520-1566).

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