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“A [Don Carlos] gyógyítására tett kísérletek kudarcot vallottak, még az sem segített rajta, amikor egy mumifikált szenttel kellett megosztania az ágyát...”
Martyn Rady, The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
“A Habsburg nők elsődleges funkciója a fiú örökösök előállítása volt. Előnyt jelentett, ha valaki szép, a korabeli nézet szerint ugyanis a méhnek gyakori benedvesítésre volt szüksége ahhoz, hogy ne zsugorodjon össze.”
Martyn Rady, The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
“Németalföld kormányzójaként Margit bajuszt viselt, hogy az nagyobb tekintélyt kölcsönözzön személyének.”
Martyn Rady, The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
“Cameralists frequently advocated what amounted to ‘a programme of total regulation’. Their regulations drilled deep, laying down the types of crop and trees to be cultivated, where bridges and hospitals should be built, what people should eat to keep them nourished, and so on.”
Martyn Rady, The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe
“The Orthodox religion emerged out of the Byzantine Empire, whose rulers governed with an almost unlimited power as both the servant and image of God. Orthodoxy embraced this ideal, emphasizing in its rituals and ceremony the authority of the monarch, whose power came directly from God.”
Martyn Rady, The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe

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