The Making of the Habsburg Monarchy 1550-1700

This book examines and accounts for the emergence of a powerful Habsburg state in central Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. Charting the transformation of the Habsburg lands from a casual juxtaposition of territories into a major and reasonably stable commonwealth Evans examines the social and economic changes brought about by the Counter-Reformation the interaction between regions and central government and the intellectual evolution from the Renaissance to the Baroque.