SCHEMEL FORUM COURSE - THE HABSBURG MONARCHY 1519-1918
Other Dates For This Event:
Monday, 30 April, 2018
Monday, 19 March, 2018 06:00 PM - 07:15 PM
Schemel Forum Evening Course:
The Habsburg Monarchy 1519-1918
Few dynasties had a greater impact on European History than the Habsburgs. They played a central role in the Reformation, the Thirty Years’ War, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution and WWI. This course will examine its pivotal monarchs: “the most powerful man in the world”, Charles V; the defender of Catholicism, Ferdinand II; the enlightened despots Maria Theresa and Joseph II; the archenemy of Revolution, Franz II; the “eternal Kaiser,” Franz Joseph and conclude with an examination of the end of Habsburg rule a century ago during the reign of Karl II and its afterlife under his son Otto.
Sean Brennan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, The University of Scranton
Mondays, March 19, 26 and April 9, 16, 23, 30
6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.; Weinberg Memorial Library, Room 305