1278 Event

Rise of the Habsburgs

Name: Rise of the Habsburgs
Start: 1278

Rudolf’s victory on the Marchfeld opens six centuries of dynastic rule.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 1278 — the context national timelines leave out.

same year First paréage Andorra
13 years later Federal Charter Switzerland
19 years later Capture of the rock Monaco
4 years later Riga joins the Hanse Latvia
12 years later University of Coimbra Portugal
16 years earlier Old Covenant Iceland
24 years later Battle of the Golden Spurs Belgium
25 years earlier Coronation of Mindaugas Lithuania

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

High and Late Middle Ages 1000 – 1453 Towns, universities, cathedrals, plague and long wars.

Countries involved

Austria

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What was written of it

Owing to the morbid estrangement which the madness of nationality has set between the peoples of Europe, the clearest signs are overlooked: Europe wants to become one.

Friedrich Nietzsche 1886

Beyond Good and Evil

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