Maria Theresa, Habsburg Empress

<p>How did a woman rise to power, and keep it, in the fiercely male-dominated Habsburg Empire?</p><p>From her distrust of the Enlightenment to her religious intolerance, and from family strategy to imperial power, Maria Theresa was a remarkable ruler driven by discipline, faith, dynastic ambition, and political will.</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Professor Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger to discover how Maria Theresa held together a fractured empire, confronted war and court politics, and reshaped Europe.</p><br><p><strong>MORE</strong></p><p><strong>Habsburg Women: Matriarchs of Power</strong></p><p><a href="podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/habsburg-women-m…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="open.spotify.com/episode/3cQAq4RHLlGN5qDKGXPYI…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p><strong>When Women Ruled the Low Countries</strong></p><p><a href="podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/when-women-ruled…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="open.spotify.com/episode/2u4fBHVgNhAMiaLjBv4X8…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p>Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><p>All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.</p><p><em>Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast</em></p><br><p><strong>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at </strong><a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>historyhit.com/subscribe</u></strong&…; </p>

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