Habsburg myth
The Habsburg myth (German: Habsburgischer Mythos or Habsburgmythos; Italian: Mito asburgico) is a political myth or nostalgia present in the historiography and literature of some Central and Eastern European countries, particularly in Austria, which glorifies certain elements of Habsburg dynastic rule. The concept was coined by the Italian Germanist Claudio Magris in his 1963 thesis Il mito asburgico nella letteratura austriaca moderna ("The Habsburg myth in modern Austrian literature").