German Histories in the Age of Reformations, 1400-1650
German Histories in the Age of Reformations, 1400-1650

Author: Thomas A. Brady

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-07-13

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 052188909X

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This book studies the connections between the political reform of the Holy Roman Empire and the German lands around 1500 and the sixteenth-century religious reformations, both Protestant and Catholic. It argues that the character of the political changes (dispersed sovereignty, local autonomy) prevented both a general reformation of the Church before 1520 and a national reformation thereafter. The resulting settlement maintained the public peace through politically structured religious communities (confessions), thereby avoiding further religious strife and fixing the confessions into the Empire's constitution. The Germans' emergence into the modern era as a people having two national religions was the reformation's principal legacy to modern Germany.

The Youth of the Great Elector
The Youth of the Great Elector

Author: L. Mühlbach

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-09

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13:

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'The Youth of the Great Elector' is a semi-fictional retelling of the life of George William, Elector of Brandenburg. He was Margrave and Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia from 1619 until his death. His reign was marked by ineffective governance during the Thirty Years' War. He was the father of Frederick William, the "Great Elector".

The Great Elector
The Great Elector

Author: Derek Mckay

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1317870476

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In this first biography in English for fifty years, Derek McKay avoids the limitation of seeing Frederick William primarily as precursor of the 'Enlightened' Frederick the Great. Instead, he roots him firmly in his own time, a dynastic, protestant ruler like many another in Germany, but gifted with the toughness and opportunism to overcome the hostility of his local nobilities and of the surrounding great powers.

The Great Elector
The Great Elector

Author: Derek Mckay

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1317870468

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In this first biography in English for fifty years, Derek McKay avoids the limitation of seeing Frederick William primarily as precursor of the 'Enlightened' Frederick the Great. Instead, he roots him firmly in his own time, a dynastic, protestant ruler like many another in Germany, but gifted with the toughness and opportunism to overcome the hostility of his local nobilities and of the surrounding great powers.

Ferdinand II, Counter-Reformation Emperor, 1578–1637
Ferdinand II, Counter-Reformation Emperor, 1578–1637

Author: Robert Bireley

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-11-17

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1316165205

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Emperor Ferdinand II (1619–37) stands out as a crucial figure in the Counter-Reformation in central Europe, a leading player in the Thirty Years War, the most important ruler in the consolidation of the Habsburg monarchy, and the emperor who reinvigorated the office after its decline under his two predecessors. This is the first biography since a long-outdated one written in German in 1978, and the first ever in English. It looks at his reign as territorial ruler of Inner Austria from 1598 until his election as emperor and especially at the influence of his mother, the formidable Archduchess Maria, in order to understand his later policies as emperor. This book focuses on the consistency of his policies and the profound influence of religion throughout his career, and follows the contest at court between those who favored consolidation of the Habsburg lands and those who aimed for expansion in the empire.