The Habsburg Empire that dominated Central Europe from the Middle Ages until its collapse after World War I has long been seen as a byword for sclerosis and governmental ineptitude. Yet a recent wave ...

The legacy of Prince Clemens von Metternich (1773–1859), the Austrian foreign minister from 1809 and also chancellor from 1821 until 1848, has been a hotly debated issue among historians for decades.

METTERMCH—H. du Coudray—Yale University. Press ($4.00). In the period after the Napoleonic Wars, Prince Metternich of Austria became an almost legendary figure as the great defender of absolute ...

This essay was originally written by David North and published in the Bulletin on March 13, 1972. North was at the time a member of the editorial staff of the Bulletin, the weekly newspaper of the ...

Many figures in history have spawned an “ism” or an “era.” Clemens von Metternich is one of the few who have had a whole “system” named for them. For more than 30 years after the end of the Napoleonic ...

When I am asked who my favorite historical figure is, I cannot help but say Prince Klemens von Metternich. Throughout my life, the majority of the responses I’ve gotten to this have been incredulous.

In Austria’s historic Foreign Office on the Ballhaus Platz in Vienna last week, marched Dr. Ernst Streeruwitz. onetime cavalryman and businessman, to succeed. bald, eagle-beaked Monsignor Ignaz Seipel ...