Overview:
The role of family and marriage in historical and contemporary geopolitics with a focus on the Habsburgs the most prestigious lineage in European history.
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Modeling dynastic networks: centrality, brokerage, and path dependence
- Case studies: Habsburg Europe, intermarried elites, modern analogues
- Marriage markets, dowries, and state finance
- Succession law, legitimacy, and stability/instability cycles
- Gender, fertility, and the political economy of household structure
- Lessons for today
Who Will Benefit: