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Age of Absolutism 1: Central Europe and the Rise of the Habsburgs

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The King's Domains - The Senior Line of the Hapsburg Domains

He was able to assert his power fairly well when he needed to, militarily. But none the less, it was extremely difficult to manage these domains. And as i said, there was not a single central capital and central court that he could govern through all the time. In order to really admi effectively, he had to constantly travel around,. which was tiring and time wasting and expensive and dangerous. So he decided, after not very long, to divide up his domains into eastern and western branches in 15 22. These passed down to charles's son, philip, who became philip the second. He establishes a fairly long lasting hapsburg dynasty in spain and the

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