His financial empire reshaped Europe, funding the rise of the Habsburg dynasty and influencing the outcome of wars, elections, and empires. From the Battle of Pavia to the crowning of Maximilian I ...

Things had gotten pretty rough, especially for the Habsburg Empire (Austria). The city of Vienna found itself under siege several times. The turning point came on Sept. 12, 1683. That's when ...

Trieste’s deepwater harbor, robust rail connections, and historic role as the Habsburg Empire’s main entrepôt make it the northern anchor of the corridor. It is, in brief, Europe’s answer ...

In Robert Musil’s The Man Without Qualities, a book that encapsulates like no other the ineffable muddle of the Habsburg Empire, the eminent statesman Count Leinsdorf struggles to define the essence ...