her father died in year 1740‚ for forty years she started to rule and have full command. Gaining power over many lands was not easy. There were many obstacles in the way of Maria becoming a monarch. There was a Pragmatic Sanction of 1713‚ meaning Habsburg lands were bound by Salic law‚ this was so no female can ever have the ability of
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Austria Hungary in 1914 The Dual Monarchy before WWI The Austro-Hungarian Empire was established in 1867 by the Ausgleich (Compromise) by Austria and Hungary. They both became self-governing states under a common monarch‚ the ruling Habsburg. Each had its own parliament for internal affairs‚ but foreign policy‚ war and finance were decided by common ministers. In the summer of 1914‚ on June 28th the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was attending army maneuvers in Bosnia. He was accompanied by
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Nationalism holds that where a nation exists‚ it should govern itself. The forces of nationalism influenced central Europe from Italy to the land of the Austrian Habsburgs. After 1815‚ the region knew the positive effects of a different style of governing and was divided into a much more rational set of political units. There was an effort by both states to unite its segmented lands‚ so that they could have a more international standpoint. By 1870‚ both Italy and the Austrian Empire had been re-established
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Winterreitschule The Winterreitschule (winter riding school)‚ also collectively referred to as the Spanish Riding School (Spanische Hofreitschule) serves as an institution which harbors the training and education of 72 Lipizzaner stallions whose lines may be traced back to nearly 800 A.D. The school‚ despite its geographical context is named rather after the Spanish horses from which the Lipizzaner stallions derived. Today the stallions are brought to the school from the Piber Federal Stud located
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element of strength for the Habsburg dynasty (Falk). Falk also notes how the Empress “anticipated and acknowledged the strategic significance of the Hungarian Crownlands” (Falk). Gyula Andrássy‚ the renowned Hungarian politician and eventual Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary‚ worked with Elisabeth to lobby for the Emperor in favor of national unification. Andrássy‚ along with and his more moderate supporters also supported Hungarian independence within the Habsburg Empire. As it was seen above
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1580‚ the Aviz dynasty came to an end. When Henry died‚ seven claimants disputed the succession to the throne. The most powerful was Philip II‚ king of Spain‚ who in 1580 became Philip I of Portugal. The annexation of Portugal to the Spanish Habsburg monarchy subjected it to the heavy expenses of Spanish wars in a period known as the Sixty Years’ Captivity. After 1600‚ Portuguese domination of trade with the East Indies was lost to the Dutch and the English. Under Philip I‚ Portugal enjoyed considerable
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The coverage in St. Petersburg´s newspapers about the murderer‚ Gavrilo Princip‚ highlights his identity‚ his partners and his motives for the crime. “Exchange Statements” compared the interrogations of the member that threw the first bomb‚ Chabrinovich‚ who didn´t hide his satisfaction for the death of the Archduke but regretted the death of Sophie‚ and Princip‚ who was “utterly defeated and depressed”. The newspapers described Princip as a “schoolboy”‚ “a young Serbian patriot”‚ “a mad killer”
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To what extent did Maria Theresa influence Austria by reforming the school system? The enlightened despot Maria Theresa reformed the Austrian school system that is in place in Austria till now. By reforming the school system‚ Maria Theresa gave the monarchy a more civic and caring reputation‚ spread equality and increased the literacy rate. Maria Theresa had a civic reputation in comparison to other monarchs during her time. Maria Theresa gave birth to sixteen children‚ eleven girls‚ and five boys
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elective office within the same province or district as soon as the term of the incumbent officer comes to an end (Santiago‚ 2011). The said bill has been posted both in the House of Representatives and the Senate waiting for approval; however‚ Manila Bulletin published an article last November 23‚ 2013 regarding the Speaker of the House of Representatives Feliciano Belmonte‚ Jr. treating the anti-dynasty bill an “ordinary bill” since he noticed that the bill may have the same fate as the Reproductive Health
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For decades‚ we often heard‚ in print and broadcast media‚ outcries banning political dynasty in local and national level political posts and calling for national legislators to enact an enabling law espousing the critical issue which many assert “detrimental to nation’s progress and a blight of democracy”. The term is also known as oligarchy‚ an equivalent term in political science and is coined to describe a practice‚ or even a tradition referring to family members or people within the same bloodline
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