Historical Seminar 15 brings together a wide range of topics, ranging from the medieval origins of the noble Herberstein family to the characteristic Habsburg representations of Adriatic regions at the beginning of the 20th century. It covers diverse fields such as history, genealogy, art, literary history and anthropology. The monograph is introduced by a discussion by Gašper Oitzl on the mining orders for the iron mines in the Eastern Alps between the 14th and 16th centuries. Sylvia Stegbauer writes on the Jesuit Order in Inner Austria, in particular on the construction and operation of the Jesuit College in Graz. Matjaž Grahornik’s article presents an extensive genealogical outline of the important Styrian noble family of Herberstein. Andreas Golob examines the rich and hitherto overlooked material on Habsburg censorship in the 18th century, preserved in the archives of Inner Austria, while Daša Ličen focuses on the activities of the 19th-century societies in Trieste from the point of view of the involvement of the different social classes in them. Historical Seminar 15 concludes with Salvatore Pappalardo’s article on the representation of the Adriatic lands in Habsburg imperial propaganda at the last great international exhibition of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Vienna in 1913.