Bruce Sterling @bruces"The Habsburg Way features a foreword by Eduard’s boss, Viktor Orbán" --
*who else
#neotrad #paleotrad #Hapsburgs
https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-20/eduard-habsburg-the-habsburg-way-review
DavidAs well as #Genealogy, I have a passion for #History -- especially the #Tudor period.
The #Hapsburgs chin is a result of #genetic flaws by inbreeding. The attached image shows just how 'close' they were when it comes to marrying. It created a broken gene pool. Uncle <-> Niece or 1st Cousins!
If you've 40 mins, this podcast takes a bit of brain work, but it's fun & interesting.
https://podfollow.com/not-just-the-tudors/episode/134a6f67e6ab6316f1cc4c3f6860d8cee17ba44d/view
(Professor Suzannah Lipscomb & Dr. Adam Rutherford)
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RiCK SAUNDERSInbreeding and the Habsburg Jaw
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/03/31/Inbreeding-and-the-Habsburg-Jaw/ #Hapsburgs
Inbreeding and the Habsburg Jaw
The Habsburgs (sometimes spelled Hapsburg) were a dynasty of Europeans from the same family who ruled over Austria, Germany, the Holy Roman Empire, and eventually countries across the continent for two centuries in the Middle Ages. You can recognize them in portraits by their pronounced jaws, called the Habsburg jaw. You are probably familiar with the last of the Spanish Habsburgs, King Charles II, from a previous Neatorama post. He is shown at the left in the image above, with his father and great-uncle...
Ruth MottramHave reached episode 12 of #TimothySnyder's excellent lecture series #MakingOfModernUkraine on the #Hapsburgs and I can't wait to see how it ends!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4gbgRylUHAJVH53UStCufc?si=Eq0rYcFUTxyT19j5CjhkUg
In all seriousness though, some thoughts, a brief 🪡
1) I was lucky to have such excellent history teachers at school AND that I was offered + took "European history" A-level at my normal British comprehensive because I reckon most people would be completely lost, almost studied history at uni + this series reminds me why.
12: Habsburg Curiosity
Listen to this episode from The Making of Modern Ukraine on Spotify. Was the Privilegium Maius true history? Class 12 traces the Habsburg family and their impact on Europe. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages. Ukraine must have existed as … Continue reading 12: Habsburg Curiosity →