Quest for Compromise - Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna

Klappentext An account of religious moderation at the Habsburg court in late sixteenth-century Vienna. Zusammenfassung This is an interdisciplinary study of the imperial court in late sixteenth-century Vienna! and a detailed examination of a fascinating moment of religious moderation. It investigates the rise and fall of an irenic movement through four individuals who sought peace and accommodation through a wide range of cultural! intellectual and political activity. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; A political and cultural chronology; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Emergence of an Irenic Court: 1. From confrontation to conciliation: the conversion of Lazarus von Schwendi; 2. Jacopo Strada and the transformation of the imperial court; Part II. Maximilian II and the High Point of Irenicism: Introduction; 3. Hugo Blotius and the intellectual foundation of Austrian irenicism; 4. Ordering a chaotic world: the reformation of the imperial library; 5. Protestant ecumenism and Catholic reform: the case of Johannes Crato; 6. Finding a via media: Lazarus von Schwendi and the climax of Austrian irenicism; Part III. The Failure of Irenicism: Introduction; 7. Confessional ambiguity and unambiguous critics: religion and the Austrian middle way; 8. The funeral of Maximilian II: struggling for the soul of central Europe; 9. Matthias in the Netherlands: the political failure of irenicism; Conclusion: storm clouds on the horizon: from the great milk war to the Thirty Years War; Epilogue: the wider circle of irenicism; Select bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Howard Louthan, Howard (University of Notre Dame Louthan, Louthan Howard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.10.1997
• EAN: 9780521580823
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58082-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; austria, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1700 To C 1800