HISTORY 321

Tutorial 18 January 2015

Lands and Dynasty

Review the tables in the next two slides and consult the map on pp. xx-xxi of Europe’s Tragedy.

You should be able to identify the three major divisions of Habsburg Austria between 1564 and 1619.

HABSBURG AUSTRIAAustria

Inner Austria = Styria

Tyrol

Upper Austria Styria TyrolLower Austria CarinthiaKingdom of BOHEMIA Carniola

Bohemia Moravia Silesia Upper Lusatia Lower LusatiaKingdom of HUNGARY

Archduke Ferdinand III became Emperor Ferdinand II

ARCHDUKES OF AUSTRIA

Austria Styria Tyrol

Emp. Maximilian II, 1564-1576

Charles II,1564-1590

Ferdinand II, 1564-1595

Rudolf V, 1576-1608Emp. Rudolf II1576-1612

Ferdinand III,1590/1619-1637=Emp. Ferdinand II, 1619-1637

Matthias, 1595-1619

Matthias, 1608-1619Emp. 1612-1619

Maximilian III,1593-1595 =regent forFerdinand III

Maximilian III, 1612-1618 = regent for Matthias

Albert VII, 1619

Estates and Confession Identify the following terms:

Estates Utraquists, Bohemian Brethren Religious Assurance (1568, 1571) Pacification of Bruck (1578)

Questions1. Who represented the dominant force in the

Estates?2. What pattern emerged in the relationship

between the Archdukes and the Estates?3. How were Austrians different in the sixteenth

century from the common perception of them today?

The Catholic Revival Identify the following terms

Questions1. How did the division of Austria into three

help the Habsburgs?2. What strategies did the Habsburgs use in

favour of Catholicism in their territories? To what extent were these strategies successful?

Rudolf II Melchior Klesl Archduke Carl

Bishop Martin Brenner

Munich programme

Reformation commissions

Final Questions

1. What can we learn about the interaction of state and society from Chapter 3?

2. Does Chapter 3 confirm Wilson’s argument?