Habsburg Empire Series | Index

Every day, we work with people of different cultures and values, and live in a society where companies and nations are connected across borders.
We take this for granted.
However, the mechanism of "maintaining a single state while preserving differences" was never something to be taken for granted.
Different ethnicities.

Different religions.
Different languages.

Yet, there is a royal family that continued to build one of Europe's largest multi-ethnic states for over six hundred years.
That is the House of Habsburg.
The Habsburgs expanded their power not through war, but through marriage, uniting numerous peoples and kingdoms under a single emperor.

They were, in a way extremely rare in human history,

a royal family that maintained a massive state through blood ties and negotiation.


And what is interesting is that even though the empire has vanished, its governing philosophy is still inherited in Europe today.
In this series, we will unravel in eight episodes:

・How the House of Habsburg was born,・Why they chose marriage instead of war,・How they built a multi-ethnic state,

・Why they prospered for over six hundred years,
・And what they left for the modern world,


from the structure of "state management."


Knowing the Habsburg Empire is not just about learning the history of European royalty.
It is about learning the wisdom of how to unite different people into a single community.
Please join us until the very end.

Habsburg Empire Series List

Episode 1: How did one family become the world's largest empire?
How did one family become the world's largest empire?
— Who were the Habsburgs?

Episode 2: An empire that expanded through marriage, not war
An empire that expanded through marriage, not war
— The true meaning of "Let others wage war, but thou, happy Austria, marry"

Episode 3: How was Europe's largest multi-ethnic state created?
How was Europe's largest multi-ethnic state created?
— Governance that united without erasing differences

Episode 4: What was an Emperor?
What was an Emperor?
— A system of "coordinators" rather than rulers

Episode 5: Why did the royal house last for over 600 years?
Why did the royal house last for over 600 years?
— The design philosophy that kept the house alive longer than the state

Episode 6: Why did the modern state surpass the Habsburgs?
Why did the modern state surpass the Habsburgs?
— The arrival of a new era: the nation-state

Episode 7: Why did the world's largest royal house disappear?
Why did the world's largest royal house disappear?
— World War I and the end of the empire

Episode 8: What the Habsburg Empire left to the world [Final Episode]
What the Habsburg Empire left to the world
— The EU, multi-ethnic coexistence, and the legacy for modern states

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