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After Jelačić invaded Hungary, the Revolution began to fall apart.
My interview on The History Fangirl Podcast
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Episode 18 – 1848
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The Great European Year of Revolution would be the greatest crisis the Habsburg Empire had faced since Napoleon, and Croatia would be far from exempt from the upheaval. Also, the birth of Vojvodina.
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Episode 17 – The Illyrians
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In the decades after the great upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars, a young Croatian named Ljudevit Gaj will launch the first movement for a united South Slavic state.
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Episode 16 – The Last Augustus
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Napoleon conquered Europe, including the Northwest Balkans, in a flash, and then just as quick, lost it all again. On the way, he found time to bring down the last (sort of) Roman Emperor.
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Episode 15 – Joseph II
In the 1780s, Emperor Joseph II attempted in vain to single-handedly drag the Habsburg Empire into the modern era.
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Episode 14 – Lands of the Emperor
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Today, we introduce the Habsburg Empire and take a tour round it.
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Episode 13 – The Balkan Wars Part II
In 1912-13, the Balkan states trounced the Ottomans one last time, before turning on each other over the spoils.
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Episode 12 – The Balkan Wars Part I
Today, we open the final chapter in the Balkans before the Great War, taking a tour round what’s left of Ottoman territory in Europe before seeing how the Balkan nation-states competed over it.
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Episode 11 – War on the Horizon
Serbia gets used to its new King as Europe sets the stage for World War I.
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Episode 10 – Death of a Dynasty
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King Alexander I ascended the Serbian throne at the age of 12 in 1889. He didn’t know it, but he was to be the last of the Obrenović dynasty…..
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