St. Stephen's Purse - A Reliquary In The Form Of A Purse Which Once Held The Blood Stained Soil Of The

St. Stephen's Purse - A reliquary in the form of a purse which once held the blood stained soil of the martyr Saint Stephen, Austria, 9th century AD

from The Kunsthistorisches Museum - Imperial Treasury

So, today is the 🎃 day 🦇, thus I simply can’t resist the urge to post some thematic cringe due to the occasion!

Watch at your own risk, ahem…

*yes, I make history TikToks from time to time, good Lord, I have sinned…*

*but it’s so much fun, I swear!!! 😩🤌*

"alas" is a truly S tier english word. fantastic mouthfeel, makes me sound like a world-weary wizard, looks cool when written out. good job to whoever created this word.

Regency dresses go brr

From a long long time ago

I believe the worst thing about these two (as with many other historical characters who are fairly local figures in one way or another) is that there is almost no literature even in English. Like, at all.

Fortunately, that’s not the case with Metternich, since he is too big of a mess on a scale of world history, while Schwarzenberg… Well, he is a real deal only for the German-Czech-Austrian world. Thus, the most part of available sources, where he is mentioned, is in German. Or French. And Czech, obviously! 🇨🇿

There is also one Russian biography of Metternich which is absolutely superb and seems to be my favourite (not biased here in any way, for sure~) where their partnership plays a fare role in Klemens’ life narrative. However, that’s practically the only form in which Schwarzenberg exists out there among all those thorough researches on the Napoleonic affairs.

And even then there are no specific works focusing on their common efforts! Everything has to be done ourselves. As usual. 😤💔

I was once reading a Japanese biography written about Metternich.

In that book, there was also a little bit about Schwarzenberg, who was Metternich's "confidant".

I will try to find out more about this relationship………🤔