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The Strategic Failure of the Habsburg Chin
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Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Sep 14, 2013
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Podcast episode
Description
(Kirsti) What’s the best approach to consolidating power and land within your family? The ambitious Habsburgs achieved greatness through marrying close relations—surely a sound policy that could have no consequences at all! This week we’ll talk about love (or the lack thereof), marriage, and the chin that sparked a war.
Released:
Sep 14, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
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