Lothar Höbelt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1126909 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lothar Höbelt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lothar |
| FAMILY NAME | Höbelt |
| SIGNATURE | HÖBELT L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 29 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The ironclads, the Archduke and the Liberals
After the war of 1859 the Austrian navy engaged in an ambitious building programme: It wanted to use the introduction of ironclads as a ‘window of opportunity’. In terms of domestic politics, however, the navy was caught between committed liberals who opposed extra spending and conservatives who preferred to rely on the army and dismissed the need for a strong navy. Moreover, the financial committee of the Austrian Reichsrat was outraged by the b…
And All That
The danger of a war on two fronts presented the late seventeenth-century Habsburg court in Vienna with a strategic choice, epitomised by the two factions of ‘Easterners’ versus ‘Westerners’. As long as Leopold I wanted to keep his hopes of claiming the Spanish inheritance alive, the priority of western issues was hardly ever in doubt. There was little evidence of an Austrian Drang nach Osten at the time, perhaps surprisingly. But there was a pred…
Aleksander Petrino. A Greek condottiere in the Austrian Parliament
Aleksander Petrino (1824–99) was the only Austrian government minister who came from its eastern-most ‘crown-land’, the Bukovina – the only one without a clear-cut ethnic majority. Ukrainians were the biggest group but were massively under-represented among the elites. A sizeable part of the leadership of the Rumanians consisted of Phanariot Greeks, such as Petrino. Austrian politics in the opening phase of constitutionalism during the 1860s was …
Why fight a Third Balkan War?
Die Erste Republik
Als ob die Welt aus den Fugen ginge”
Martin Schmitz, a student of Günther Kronenbitter at Augsburg University, one of the foremost experts on the late Austro-Hungarian army, has worked his way through the extensive collection of private papers of World War I officers in the Viennese War Archive, as well as a number of reports specifically recording lessons learnt after the first months of fighting. Schmitz focuses on the peculiarities of the Austro-Hungarian army, in particular its …
Bündnispartner und Konkurrenten der Landesfürsten? Die Stände in der Habsburgermonarchie
Britain, Ireland, & Continental Europe in the Eighteenth Century. Similarities, Connections, Identities
Britain, Ireland, & Continental Europe in the Eighteenth Century. Similarities, Connections, Identities." The International History Review, 34(4), pp. 911–912
Zwischen Empire und Kontinent. Britische Außenpolitik vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg
Membership ICHRPI/Cihae
Devolution Aborted
In 1871, four years after the ‘Ausgleich’ with Hungary, Emperor Francis Joseph I also promised the Bohemian lands of the Habsburg Empire a form of devolution. His Prime Minister Hohenwart, the Czechs and their allies among the Conservative wing of Bohemian aristocrats worked out a programme known as the ‘Fundamental Articles’. The Emperor, it is argued, primarily wanted to persuade the Bohemians to end their boycott of the Vienna Parliament, thus…
The Impact of the Rákóczi Rebellion on Habsburg Strategy
The emperor’s preoccupation with the Hungarian Rákóczi rebellion close to home, rather than with fighting Louis XIV more effectively, was often cited as a reason for the break-up of the alliance between the Habsburgs and the Protestant sea-powers towards the end of the War of the Spanish Succession. Yet, with the possible exception of the one campaign in 1705, the Habsburgs never wavered in their determination to accord priority to the war with F…
Defiant Populist
The Empire Loyalists' last (but one) stand
Der ‘Ausgleich’ von 1867 war ein Kompromiß zwischen dem Monarchen und Ungarn. Die ‘cisleithanische’ Reichshälfte wurde während der Verhandlungen nicht befragt und sollte der Regierung bloß nachträglich die ‘Indemnität’ aussprechen. Ihr Reichsrat wurde von der böhmisch-staatsrechtlichen Partei weiterhin boykottiert; die Entscheidung über die Annahme des Ausgleichs lag daher bei den Deutschliberalen. Dabei ergab sich die ungewöhnliche Konstellation…
The Habsburg Monarchy, c. 1765-1918. From Enlightenment to Eclipse
Journal Article The Habsburg Monarchy, c. 1765–1918. From Enlightenment to Eclipse Get access Lothar Höbelt Lothar Höbelt Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 117, Issue 471, April 2002, Pages 490–491, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/117.471.490 Published: 01 April 2002
The Central Powers in the Adriatic, 1914-1918
Introduction by Paul G. Halpern Preface Prologue The KuK Marine Opening Moves 1914 1915--Italy Joins In Photographic Essay Impasse (1916) 1917--Horthy's Year Submarines Things to Come Finis Austriae Epilogue Appendixes Bibliography Index
Bohemia 1913—a consensual coup d'état
In this article Lothar Höbelt analyses the political crisis that existed in Bohemia in 1913, which was the result of the paralysis of the Bohemian diet by the obstructive tactics of the German and Czech ethnic parties. In order to provide the revenues for the continuation of the work of the Bohemian provincial administration, the Emperor issued the ‘Annenpatent’, which suspended the Bohemian constitution. When tested in the courts, the Patent was…
Too far left or too far right? A comparism of the fortunes of Reich German and Austro-German Liberals, 1867–79
In this article Lothar Höbelt compares the political role of the Liberal parties in the Hohenzollern and Habsburg empires after 1867. Both started from a similar position, by granting a retrospective indemnity to their governments for their unconstitutional actions prior to 1866, in the expectation of reinstating constitutional government in which they would have an active role. The article then analyses the reasons why, by 1879 these expectation…
The Austrians in the German National Assembly in 1848
In this article Lothar Höbelt has analysed the political orientation of the Austrian deputies to the Frankfurt parliament of 1848–9, who constituted nearly 25 per cent of the total membership. The article shows that the pattern of political opinions was complex, since although the deputies can be placed on a Left-Right political spectrum, their actual voting behaviour was often influenced by other considerations. These included confessional alleg…
The Discreet Charm of the Old Regime
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Late Imperial Paradoxes
In this article Lothar Höbelt has analysed the politics of the last session of the Reicksrat in the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy, which lasted from May 1917 to November 1918. The Lower House, elected in 1911, had been in a state of chronic deadlock and was prorogued in March 1914. Its recall was prompted by the assassination of the prime minister and the death of the Emperor in autumn 1916. In contrast with its pre-war behaviour, during this fi…
The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867-1918
Kornblume und Kaiseradler
The First World War and British Military History. Brian Bond
British Politics and the Great War
The Impact of the Rákóczi Rebellion on Habsburg Strategy
The emperor’s preoccupation with the Hungarian Rákóczi rebellion close to home, rather than with fighting Louis XIV more effectively, was often cited as a reason for the break-up of the alliance between the Habsburgs and the Protestant sea-powers towards the end of the War of the Spanish Succession. Yet, with the possible exception of the one campaign in 1705, the Habsburgs never wavered in their determination to accord priority to the war with F…
Late Imperial Paradoxes
In this article Lothar Höbelt has analysed the politics of the last session of the Reicksrat in the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy, which lasted from May 1917 to November 1918. The Lower House, elected in 1911, had been in a state of chronic deadlock and was prorogued in March 1914. Its recall was prompted by the assassination of the prime minister and the death of the Emperor in autumn 1916. In contrast with its pre-war behaviour, during this fi…
Imperial diplomacy and the ‘glorious revolution’
(1991). Imperial diplomacy and the ‘glorious revolution’. Parliaments, Estates and Representation: Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 61-67
The great landowners’ curia and the reichsrat elections during the formative years of Austrian constitutionalism 1867–1873
The delegations
In memoriam
Imperial diplomacy and the ‘glorious revolution’
(1991). Imperial diplomacy and the ‘glorious revolution’. Parliaments, Estates and Representation: Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 61-67
British Politics and the Great War
Kornblume und Kaiseradler
The First World War and British Military History. Brian Bond
The Discreet Charm of the Old Regime
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Late Imperial Paradoxes
In this article Lothar Höbelt has analysed the politics of the last session of the Reicksrat in the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy, which lasted from May 1917 to November 1918. The Lower House, elected in 1911, had been in a state of chronic deadlock and was prorogued in March 1914. Its recall was prompted by the assassination of the prime minister and the death of the Emperor in autumn 1916. In contrast with its pre-war behaviour, during this fi…
The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867-1918
The Austrians in the German National Assembly in 1848
In this article Lothar Höbelt has analysed the political orientation of the Austrian deputies to the Frankfurt parliament of 1848–9, who constituted nearly 25 per cent of the total membership. The article shows that the pattern of political opinions was complex, since although the deputies can be placed on a Left-Right political spectrum, their actual voting behaviour was often influenced by other considerations. These included confessional alleg…
Too far left or too far right? A comparism of the fortunes of Reich German and Austro-German Liberals, 1867–79
In this article Lothar Höbelt compares the political role of the Liberal parties in the Hohenzollern and Habsburg empires after 1867. Both started from a similar position, by granting a retrospective indemnity to their governments for their unconstitutional actions prior to 1866, in the expectation of reinstating constitutional government in which they would have an active role. The article then analyses the reasons why, by 1879 these expectation…
Bohemia 1913—a consensual coup d'état
In this article Lothar Höbelt analyses the political crisis that existed in Bohemia in 1913, which was the result of the paralysis of the Bohemian diet by the obstructive tactics of the German and Czech ethnic parties. In order to provide the revenues for the continuation of the work of the Bohemian provincial administration, the Emperor issued the ‘Annenpatent’, which suspended the Bohemian constitution. When tested in the courts, the Patent was…
The Habsburg Monarchy, c. 1765-1918. From Enlightenment to Eclipse
Journal Article The Habsburg Monarchy, c. 1765–1918. From Enlightenment to Eclipse Get access Lothar Höbelt Lothar Höbelt Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 117, Issue 471, April 2002, Pages 490–491, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/117.471.490 Published: 01 April 2002
The Central Powers in the Adriatic, 1914-1918
Introduction by Paul G. Halpern Preface Prologue The KuK Marine Opening Moves 1914 1915--Italy Joins In Photographic Essay Impasse (1916) 1917--Horthy's Year Submarines Things to Come Finis Austriae Epilogue Appendixes Bibliography Index
The Empire Loyalists' last (but one) stand
Der ‘Ausgleich’ von 1867 war ein Kompromiß zwischen dem Monarchen und Ungarn. Die ‘cisleithanische’ Reichshälfte wurde während der Verhandlungen nicht befragt und sollte der Regierung bloß nachträglich die ‘Indemnität’ aussprechen. Ihr Reichsrat wurde von der böhmisch-staatsrechtlichen Partei weiterhin boykottiert; die Entscheidung über die Annahme des Ausgleichs lag daher bei den Deutschliberalen. Dabei ergab sich die ungewöhnliche Konstellation…
Defiant Populist
The Impact of the Rákóczi Rebellion on Habsburg Strategy
The emperor’s preoccupation with the Hungarian Rákóczi rebellion close to home, rather than with fighting Louis XIV more effectively, was often cited as a reason for the break-up of the alliance between the Habsburgs and the Protestant sea-powers towards the end of the War of the Spanish Succession. Yet, with the possible exception of the one campaign in 1705, the Habsburgs never wavered in their determination to accord priority to the war with F…
Britain, Ireland, & Continental Europe in the Eighteenth Century. Similarities, Connections, Identities
Britain, Ireland, & Continental Europe in the Eighteenth Century. Similarities, Connections, Identities." The International History Review, 34(4), pp. 911–912
Zwischen Empire und Kontinent. Britische Außenpolitik vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg
Membership ICHRPI/Cihae
Devolution Aborted
In 1871, four years after the ‘Ausgleich’ with Hungary, Emperor Francis Joseph I also promised the Bohemian lands of the Habsburg Empire a form of devolution. His Prime Minister Hohenwart, the Czechs and their allies among the Conservative wing of Bohemian aristocrats worked out a programme known as the ‘Fundamental Articles’. The Emperor, it is argued, primarily wanted to persuade the Bohemians to end their boycott of the Vienna Parliament, thus…
Bündnispartner und Konkurrenten der Landesfürsten? Die Stände in der Habsburgermonarchie
Als ob die Welt aus den Fugen ginge”
Martin Schmitz, a student of Günther Kronenbitter at Augsburg University, one of the foremost experts on the late Austro-Hungarian army, has worked his way through the extensive collection of private papers of World War I officers in the Viennese War Archive, as well as a number of reports specifically recording lessons learnt after the first months of fighting. Schmitz focuses on the peculiarities of the Austro-Hungarian army, in particular its …
Die Erste Republik
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