The Hapsburgs: A Family Affair
Wed 9 Apr 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The story of the Hapsburg dynasty is more extraordinary than any novelist or script-writer could invent. From a few estates in the Swiss Alps a thousand years ago, the family rose to rule over much of Europe and the first global empire by the 16th century – and all by marriage and inheritance, and sheer luck. Happy Austria, indeed. Eventually their luck ran out and the story came to an end in the global catastrophe of the First World War. Ain’t nothing but a family affair.
Event Information
Price: £15.00
Room: Brunt Room
Campaign: Easter School
Customer Information: Pen / notepad / device are optional
Your Tutor
Name: Michael Williams
Bio: Michael Williams has an undergraduate degree in History and an MSc in Politics. For 21 years he worked as a ministerial adviser in Whitehall before leaving for academic life in 1995. He spent another 26 years teaching a great variety of courses in different universities until retiring in 2021. He’s been teaching courses on politics and history at the Settlement for several years. He published a book on Britain since 1867 in 2000 and a family memoir in 2022. Michael is currently working on a sequel.
Department: Humanities
