How Vienna Became The Largest Kingdom Of The Renaissance | Curious Traveler

The Habsburgs were the hereditary rulers of the Holy Roman Empire. Their kingdom was the largest realm in Renaissance Europe. How did they shape Europe? Where did Mozart perform as a 6-year-old prodigy? When and why did Austria shrink to a tenth of its size?

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