Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Institut für die Erforschung der Habsburgermonarchie und des Balkanraumes (Web)
Time: 12.-14.11.2025
Venue: ÖAW, PSK-Building, Georg Coch-Pl. 2, 1010 Vienna
Panels: Dynasties and Revolution | Relations within Dynasties | Dynasty & Government | Dynasty and Post-Revolutionary Legitimization | Dynasty and Women | Dynastic Representation | Thinking Dynasty in the Revolutionary Age
In 1810, Napoleon Bonaparte famously married Marie Louise of Austria, daughter of Emperor Francis I. This union symbolized the continuing relevance of dynastic politics long after the French Revolution. In recent decades, historians have shed new light on the nature and dynamics of European dynasties in the pre-modern period. However, this shift has hardly extended to the study of dynasties after 1789. This workshop seeks to fill the gap by examining ruling houses as family power networks – explicitly conceived across gender boundaries – during the age of revolution between 1780 and 1850. We aim to explore their inner logic and functionality as well as their continued relevance as instruments of power, negotiation, and governance in states from the lesser German principalities to the great imperial monarchies. The workshop will assess how dynasties adapted to the rapidly changing political landscape, while simultaneously recalculating their sources of legitimacy.
This workshop takes place within the framework of the project Project „Dynastic Continuity in an Age of Crisis? The Habsburgs in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815)“ (Web) financed between 2023 and 2026 by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (Project No. P 36804-G).
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