Quest for Compromise - Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna

Klappentext The Quest for Compromise is an interdisciplinary study of the imperial court in late sixteenth-century Vienna! and a detailed examination of a fascinating moment of religious moderation. Against a backdrop of rising religious and confessional dogmatism! the Emperor Maximilian II (1564 1576) assembled a remarkable cast of courtiers who resisted extremes of both Reformation and Counter-Reformation. This book investigates the rise and fall of an irenic movement through four individuals whose work at the imperial court reflected the ideals of religious compromise and moderation. An Italian artist (Jacopo Strada)! a Silesian physician (Johannes Crato)! a Dutch librarian (Hugo Blotius) and a German soldier (Lazarus von Schwendi) sought peace and accommodation through a wide range of cultural! intellectual and political activity. 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
• Assisted by: John Elliott (Editor), Olwen Hufton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.06.2006
• EAN: 9780521027120
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02712-0
• 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 / Austria & Hungary, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600