17TH C. EASTERN EUROPE
HOLY
ROMAN EMPIRE after 1648 Peace of Westphalia
decline of Imperial institutions
1663-1806 “Perpetual” Diet of Regensburg
West:
Expansion of France under Louis XIV
War of Spanish Succession 1701-1714
East:
Reconquest of Hungary from Ottoman Turks
1526 first Ottoman siege of Vienna under Charles V
1683 Grand Vizar Kara Mustafa:
invasion, siege of Vienna
1684-88 Holy League: Papal funding
Poland, Austria, Russia
1686 Buda recaptured
1687 Second Battle of Mohacs (1526)
1688 Belgrade reconquered
Hungarian
Monarchy: no longer elective after conquest
Magyar nobility suppressed by Hapsburgs
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1719
Pragmatic Sanction of Charles VI (son of Leopold)
succession of his daughter, Maria Theresa
Rise of Austro-Hungarian
Monarchy:
Hapsburgs focus on the East, less on Empire
POLAND:
“the sick man of Europe” weak electoral monarchy
Pacta Conventa:
formal statement of concessions by candidate
Military role of Polish King:
Sigismund III: against Turks
Ladislau IV (d. 1648) against Russia
John Casimir (d. 1668)
1649 Cossack Revolt: aided by Russia
French alliance under Louis XIV
King Jan Sobieski: joins Austrian Hapsburgs against Turks
1683 Siege of Vienna: crusading mentality