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- Document Archive of Central European Cloisters and Bishoprics.
- Documenting not only the history of the cloisters themselves, but developments in church, state and society in Central Europe since the Early Middle Ages.
- (1049 to the present; Latin and vernacular facsimiles and transcriptions).
- Facsimiles of German-language medieval manuscripts.
- Organized by locations of manuscripts.
- Austrian manuscripts of the Middle Ages
- (German facsimiles)
- Also contains narrative texts and photos from other European countries.
- (Transcriptions)
- Digitized handwritten documents from the Middle Ages
- (12th-15th century; facsimiles; German interface)
- Collection of letters documenting aspects of German and Austrian history, especially regarding King Rudolf von Habsburg.
- (12th-15th century; German facsimiles)
- Including treaties and letters.
- (1191-1792; Russian transcriptions and translations)
- (Documents on the History of Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Gorizia, Trieste, Istria, Tyrol)
- Part 2, vol. 1 of Fontes Rerum Austriacarum
- (1246-1300; Latin and Early New High German transcriptions)
Habsburg Ascent & the Duchy of Austria (1273-1453)
- From the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
- (13th century; transcriptions and translations)
- Chronicle of Hall in Tyrol.
- Provided by Austrian Literature Online.
- (1303-1572, printed 1867; facsimile of print source)
- Complete facsimile of the Codex Palatinus Germanicus 848 in the Heidelberg University library.
- A famous and well-preserved collection of medieval German literature.
- (1305-1340; German facsimiles)
- Record by a chronicler in Carinthia, within the Austrian Empire.
- (1341; Latin)
- An excellent resource for Alsatian and Habsburg history
- From Monumenta Germaniae Historica
- (1273-1350; German transcription from 1899)
- Collection of texts from authors in what is now both Germany and Austria.
- (1384-1664; German transcriptions)
- Also called Historia Friderici III, the first redaction by Eneas Silvius Piccolomini tell the history of Friedrichs III's reign. The second and third redaction include the building of the university, a Turkish speech, and the nobility rebellions led by Ulrich von Eyczing.
- Made available by Library of Congress
- (15-16th century; German facsimile; Prag, F. Tempsky, 1872.)
- Urkunden und Actenstücke zur Geschichte der Verhältnisse zwischen Österreich, Ungern und der Pforte im XVI. und XVII. Jahrhunderte
- Documents and Reports on the History of Relations between Austria, Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th Century
- From a searchable database at the Leibniz Institute for European History, University of Mainz.
- (1451 - 1785; facsimiles and transcriptions with German and English interfaces)
The Powerful Archduchy & the Redivision of Habsburg Land (1453-1618)
- A collection of documents and letters about the history of House Habsburg 1473-1576.
- Part 1: Volume 1
- Contains documents about kings and leaders from Austria, Germany, and Hungary during the time of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
- (1473; German facsimile)
- A collection of documents and letters about the history of House Habsburg 1473-1576.
- Part 1: Volume 2
- Contains documents about kings and leaders from Austria, Germany, and Hungary during the time of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
- (1473; German facsimile)
- A collection of documents and letters about the history of House Habsburg 1473-1576.
- Part 1: Volume 3
- Contains documents about kings and leaders from Austria, Germany, and Hungary during the time of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
- (1473; German facsimile)
- A collection of documents and letters about the history of House Habsburg 1473-1576.
- Part 2: Volume 1
- Contains documents about kings and leaders from Austria, Germany, and Hungary during the time of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and King Philipp II of Spain.
- (1473-1576; German facsimile)
- It begins with the Treaty of Neuberg and development of the Albertine and Leopold lines of the Habsburgs and describes the career of Emperor Frederick III. Also included are the events in Carinthia, including the five Turkish invasions between 1473 and 1483, the Hungarian occupation (1480-90) and the associated peasant uprisings and the Kärntner Bauernbund.
- Made available by Monumenta Germaniae Historica
- (ca 1499; German and Latin facsimile)
- The letters of Austrian and Bavarian noblewomen, set against the backdrop of their relationships and cultural status.
- A project of the Institute for History, University of Vienna.
- (16th to 18th centuries; contemporary German-language transcriptions)
- Provided by the Digital Collections of the Brigham Young University Library.
- (1592-1597; facsimiles)
- (May 1604; Russian transcription)
- (November 1604; Russian transcription)
- (16 June 1605; Russian transcription)
The Thirty Years' War & Subsequent Rise to Power (1618-1740)
- Written by Friedrich Schiller.
- Available in multiple formats from Project Gutenberg.
- (1618-1648; English translation)
- The first 4 sections are of a private religious nature (confession of faith, pious foundations), section 9 enumerates the duties of a ruler, and the last sections are of a private civil nature (disposition of personal belongings, gifts to servants, fulfillment of predecessors' testaments).
- (1621; 1635; German transcription)
- Project of Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1643-1644; German facsimiles)
- Peace Treaty ending the Thirty Years War.
- Provided by the Avalon Project.
- (24 October 1648, English translation)
- (Private Letters: Emperor Leopold I to Count F.E. Pötting)
- Pt. 2, vol. 56 of Fontes Rerum Austriacarum
- (1662-1673; mostly German transcriptions)
- Rom und Wien im Jahre 1683 (Rome and Vienna in the Year 1683)
- Selected documents from Vatican and Roman archives celebrating the lifting of the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna.
- (1683 bicentenary; Latin, Italian and German transcriptions)
- " The sultan’s threat-laden declaration shows that religious and political questions were inseparable in the Turkish-Austrian rivalry."
- German History in Documents and Images
- (1683; English translation)
- "Taken from a pamphlet “Printed for Samuel Crouch at the Corner of Popes-Head Alley next Cornhill, 1683,” this English eyewitness account offers a vivid picture of Christian-Turkish warfare in seventeenth-century Central Europe. "
- German History in Documents and Images
- (1683; English transcription)
- (9 April 1689; Russian translation)
- (1697-1699; Russian transcription)
- Mutual Pact of Succession OR The Family Pact, signed by Archdukes Joseph and Charles of Austria in secret
- English translation HERE
- (1703; German translation from Latin)
- Proclaimed by Emperor Charles VI to underscore the indivisibility of the Habsburg lands.
- (19 April 1713; German and French transcription with English explanation)
- Der Congress von Soissons: Diplomataria et Acta (Austrian Documents from the Congress of Soissons)
- The Congress of Soissons sought to resolve the Anglo-Spanish War.
- The British aim was to weaken any Habsburg alliance between Austria and Spain.
- Vol. 32 of Fontes Rerum Austriacarum
- (1728-1729; French and German transcriptions)
- Treaty concluding the Austro-Turkish war, part of the larger Russo-Turkish war.
- (18 September 1739; French transcription)
Reign of Maria Theresa through the End of the Holy Roman Empire (1740-1806)
- Only a few weeks after Maria Theresa’s accession, Frederick the Great of Prussia began a war against the Habsburgs in which he was joined by Bavaria, Saxony, the Palatinate, France, Sardinia and Spain.
- From Die Welt der Habsburger
- (1746; English translation)
- (Private Correspondence between Count A.W. Rietberg and Baron Ignaz de Koch)
- Rietberg was Austrian Ambassador in Paris and Baron de Koch was Empress Maria Theresia's secretary.
- (1750-1752; French-language transcriptions)
- Various decrees, letters, accounts, and other documents relating to Austria-Russia union.
- (1759-1887; Russian translations and transcriptions)
- Letters from Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, detailing daily and state affairs.
- (1764-1789; Russian translations and transcriptions)
- A collection of secret correspondence and revelations with regard to church and profane history in Austria.
- Unedited sources collected from ministerial archives.
- (1770-1800; German facsimile)
- Autobiographical memoir of Prince Metternich of Austria. Prince Metternich was a prominent figure in European politics. He became the foreign minister of the Austrian Empire in 1809 and Chancellor in 1821.
- The materials in the book were written by Prince Metternich himself, then compiled and published by his son 20 years after his death.
- (1773-1815; English translation)
- (General Educational Order... in all Hereditary Imperial and Royal Lands)
- Printed in Vienna by the Royally appointed book printer.
- The expression and details of Maria Theresa's educational reform for all Habsburg regions.
- A digital copy provided by the Austrian National Library.
- (1774-1775; German language facsimiles)
- (Correspondence between Emperor Joseph II, Emperor Leopold II and W.A. Kaunitz-Rietberg)
- Kaunitz was a diplomat-prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
- (1780-1792; French and German transcriptions)
- (Correspondence between Emperor Joseph II and Count Ludwig Cobenzl)
- Cobenzl was a Habsburg diplomat and politician assigned to the embassy in St. Petersburg
- Vol. 54 of Fontes Rerum Austriacarum
- (1785-1790; French and German transcriptions)
- Signed in St. Petersburg.
- (3-14 July 1792)
- Agreement gave Russia "Duchy of Courland and Semigallia to Mitau and Libau (modern South Latvia), Lithuania to Vilna and Grodno, western Black Rus, Western Polesie with Brest and Western Volyn Lutsk." Austria and Prussia divided up Polish lands.
- (23 December 1794 (Gregorian: 3 January 1795); French and Old Russian transcription, modern Russian translation)
- A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- Specifically relates to the Austrian despots Maria Theresa, Frederick II, and Joseph II.
- (18th century; transcriptions and translations)
- Treaty between France and Austria during the Napoleonic Wars.
- (February 9, 1801; English)
- General Savary was aide-de-camp to General Desaix and Napoleon. His 1805-1813 accounts retell campaigns against Austria, Prussia, and other German-speaking states, including the Siege of Vienna.
- From the War Times Journal
- (1805-1813; English translation)
- Gateway to the institute's digital collection of artifacts documenting German-speaking Jewry in the modern era.
- Basic and advanced search capabilities, along with browse options.
- Includes archival materials, memoirs and manuscripts, books and periodicals, photographs, and audio recordings.
- (16th to 21st centuries)
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