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Empress Maria Theresa of Austria Part 2

7 August 2024 - 1 hour 42 mins
Podcast Series The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

Maria Theresa was the only woman to rule the Hapsburg dominions in her own right and is considered to have been one of its most successful leaders. Gathering the broken pieces of the empire she inherited, she assembled a brand new country - strategically laying the foundations of cultural reform that changed the course of history.

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