pachelbel wrote:Ignorance is on your end, bud. It's Hapsburg, not Habsburgs.
Ehmm, no its not... the Habsburgs ruled the Habsburg monarchy ...
A great, academic information source about the former Habsburg lands, by the way, is the HABSBURG mailinglist, edited by Franz Adlgasser of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Cathleen Giustino of Auburn University, Charles Ingrao of Purdue University, Jim Niessen of Rutgers University, Hugo Lane of Polytechnic University of Michigan and Jim Brown of Elon University. Always instructive reading, and good book reviews!
nimh wrote:pachelbel wrote:Ignorance is on your end, bud. It's Hapsburg, not Habsburgs.
Ehmm, no its not... the Habsburgs ruled the Habsburg monarchy ...
A great, academic information source about the former Habsburg lands, by the way, is the HABSBURG mailinglist, edited by Franz Adlgasser of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Cathleen Giustino of Auburn University, Charles Ingrao of Purdue University, Jim Niessen of Rutgers University, Hugo Lane of Polytechnic University of Michigan and Jim Brown of Elon University. Always instructive reading, and good book reviews!
Got a dictionary? Or a wikipedia? It is the House of HaPsburg, with a "P". The Hapsburgs-Lorraine line ruled the Holy Roman Empire until its demise. I'll accept an apology after you've looked the word up. Got my encyclopedia here; doubt they spelled it wrong.
Got a dictionary? Or a wikipedia? It is the House of HaPsburg, with a "P". I'll accept an apology after you've looked the word up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg
Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe.
Got a dictionary? Or a wikipedia? It is the House of HaPsburg, with a "P". I'll accept an apology after you've looked the word up.
The name Habsburg is derived from the castle of Habsburg, or Habichtsburg ("Hawk's Castle"), built in 1020 by Werner, bishop of Strasbourg, and his brother-in-law, Count Radbot, in the Aargau overlooking the Aar River, in what is now Switzerland.
The Hapsburgs-Lorraine line ruled the Holy Roman Empire until its demise. I'll accept an apology after you've looked the word up. Got my encyclopedia here; doubt they spelled it wrong.
The War of the Austrian Succession cost Maria Theresa most of Silesia, part of Lombardy, and the duchies of Parma and Piacenza (Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748) but left her in possession of the rest of her father's hereditary lands. Moreover, her husband, Francis Stephen of Lorraine, who in 1737 had become hereditary grand duke of Tuscany, was finally recognized as Holy Roman emperor, with the title of Francis I. He and his descendants, of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, are the dynastic continuators of the original Habsburgs.
Habsburg: The former Austrian imperial dynasty is named after the Havichsberch (Habichtsburg, first mentioned in 1108, founded around 1020), their ancestral castle on the right bank of the River Aare south west of Brugg in the canton of Aargau (Switzerland). The keep was also used for living accommodation and was extended during the 12th/13th centuries. Later, however, it was reduced again and the only surviving part of the castle was the western side, which had often been altered. The castle fell to the city of Berne in 1415.
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Can I go now? Because if any more Canadians catch on that I like the US, they may reinstate the death penalty, or worse, flog me with wet beavers.
A very plausible list -- and one mostly arising from the defects of the human nature that we share equally.
I found your last entry most intriguing. i.e. ' ... strife is often instigated, not by large dissimilarities, but by large similarities, punctuated by insignificant differences.' True and nicely put.
There's a new element as well. After the fall of the Soviet Empire the West is less in need of unity. The United States finds itself in the habit of leadership, and, as well, often faced with the responsibility to provide it. A good deal of wisdom is required to distinguish between the two, and no doubt we have made our share of mistakes in this area. At the same time, it is simply the fate of leaders not to be loved by those who depend on them.
