63 research outputs found
âMadrid vaut bien une guerre?â: Marriage negotiations between the Habsburg Courts 1653-1657
Balkan or Border Warfare? Glimpses from the Early Modern Period
At the beginning of the early modern period, the concept of Europe did not yet exist. Religion, not politics or geography, was the defining criterion. It was Christendom that people referred to â not Europe â when they wanted to introduce the concept of burden-sharing. In military terms, differences between Oriental and Occidental empires were less obvious; if anything, the Ottomans seemed to have a head-start in terms of centralization and professionalism. It was not the impact of Ottoman rule as such that created the conditions for âBalkan warfareâ. It was the unsettled character of the borders between âEastâ and âWestâ that gave rise to a form of low-intensity conflict that might be said to provide a foretaste of what came to be known as Balkan warfare
Wippermann, Wolfgang: Der âdeutsche Drang nach Ostenâ. Ideologie und Wirklichkeit eines politischen Schlagwortes
Evans, Robert J. W.: Das Werden der Habsburgermonarchie 1550â1700. Gesellschaft, Kultur, Institutionen
War and Society in East Central Europe. Bd. 16: East Central European Society and the Balkan Wars. Hrsg. v. BĂ©la Kiraly und Dimitrije Djordjevic. 1987, 434 S
Pacifism in Fin-de-SiĂšcle Austria: The Politics and Limits of Peace Activism
The late Habsburg Monarchy produced two of the most renowned peace activists of their day: Bertha von Suttner and Alfred Fried. In comparison to these two Nobel Peace laureates, the main association of Austro-pacifism â the Ăsterreichische Friedensgesellschaft (ĂFG) â is less well known. The article concentrates on this organization, which had been founded in 1891, and it draws attention to the political and intellectual environment in which it operated. The ĂFG originated in the milieu of Austro-German liberalism, but had an ambivalent rapport with liberal politics. The Austro-pacifists' focus on supranational principles and dynastic loyalty sat uneasily with the national dimensions of Cisleithanian politics. The obstacles encountered by the ĂFG illustrate wider aspects of the political culture of fin-de-siĂšcle Austria, ranging from the question of militarism in Austrian society to the challenges created by socialist and nationalist movements. As a whole, the article highlights the inherent limitations of Austro-pacifism, as reflected in its quest for respectability and its acceptance of the social and political order
Collaborative Development of a PLE for Language Learning
This paper provides a report on the experimental collaborative and distributed development of a prototypic Widget-based PLE. The development process is described and detailed taking into account the requirements of a language learning scenario. First results are presented, and developer experiences are discussed critically with a focus on the development process as well as problems with current Widget technologies and interoperabilit
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