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A house divided : Wittelsbach confessional court cultures in the Holy Roman Empire, c. 1550-1650 /

This book is the only book-length monograph comparing the impact of confessional identity on both halves of the Wittelsbach dynasty which provided Bavarian dukes and German emperors as well as its implications for late Renaissance court culture. It demonstrates that religious conflict led to the dev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas, Andrew L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 150.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reflecting dynastic destinies: mirror of prince literature and Wittelsbach education
  • Patronage and piety: the confessionalization of Wittelsbach courts in Heidelberg and Munich
  • Confessional frontiers and border wars: the confessionalization of Bavaria and the Palatinate
  • Wedding bells and cannon fire: Wittelsbach confessional diplomacy
  • A winter's tale: the "Winter King" and the court at Prague
  • Image-breaking: iconoclasm and identity crisis
  • Clarion calls: White Mountain and Wittelsbach legitimacy
  • Metamorphosis: the Palatinate in transition and the "Bohemian" court in exile at The Hague
  • Appendix A: Wittelsbach genealogy (1300-1550)
  • Appendix B: Palatine Wittelsbachs genealogy (1550-1650)
  • Appendix C: Bavarian Wittelsbachs genealogy (1550-1650).