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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 This is the first biography since a long-outdated one written in German in 1978 and the first ever in English.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, 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.
Ferdinand II [Holy Roman emperor] --- Counter-Reformation. --- Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648. --- Religion and politics --- 943.04 --- #GBIB: jesuitica --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Politics and religion --- Religion --- Religions --- Counter-Reformation --- Anti-Reformation --- Church history --- Church renewal --- Reformation --- History --- Geschiedenis van Duitsland: Ferdinand II tot Leopold I--(1619-1705) --- Religious aspects --- Political aspects --- Ferdinand --- Maria, --- Habsburg, House of. --- Maria Anna, --- Political and social views. --- Influence. --- Austria --- Holy Roman Empire --- Europe, Central --- Central Europe --- Kings and rulers --- Europe --- General. --- HISTORY / Europe / General. --- Contre-Réforme --- Guerre de Trente ans (1618-1648) --- Religion et politique --- Histoire --- Ferdinand II, --- Marie-Anne de Bavière, --- 943.04 Geschiedenis van Duitsland: Ferdinand II tot Leopold I--(1619-1705) --- Saint-Empire romain germanique --- Habsbourg (dynastie). --- Empereurs --- Autriche --- Saint Empire romain germanique. --- Marie-Anne de Bavière --- Guerre de Trente Ans (1618-1648) --- Histoire. --- Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 --- politieke geschiedenis --- Contre-Réforme --- Marie-Anne de Bavière
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Charlemagne is often claimed as the greatest ruler in Europe before Napoleon. This magisterial study re-examines Charlemagne the ruler and his reputation. It analyses the narrative representations of Charlemagne produced after his death, and thereafter focuses on the evidence from Charlemagne's lifetime concerning the creation of the Carolingian dynasty and the growth of the kingdom, the court and the royal household, communications and identities in the Frankish realm in the context of government, and Charlemagne's religious and cultural strategies. The book offers a critical examination of the contemporary sources and in so doing transforms our understanding of the development of the Carolingian empire, the formation of Carolingian political identity, and the astonishing changes effected throughout Charlemagne's forty-six year period of rule. This is a major contribution to Carolingian history which will be essential reading for anyone interested in the medieval past. Rosamond McKitterick has also received the 2010 Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for History for her research into the Carolingians.
Carolingians --- Carlovingians --- Carolinians --- History --- Charlemagne, --- Karol Wielki, --- Karl --- Carolus Magnus, --- Shārlmān, --- Charles the Great, --- Karl Velikiĭ, --- Carlo Magno, --- Carlos Magno, --- Karolus Magnus, --- Karl the Great, --- Carlomagno, --- Karl den store, --- شارلمان، --- France --- Holy Roman Empire --- Kings and rulers --- Charles the Great [Holy Roman Emperor] --- Biography --- Carolingiens --- History. --- Histoire --- Saint Empire romain germanique --- Biography. --- Rois et souverains --- Biographies --- Carolingians - History --- Charlemagne, - Emperor, - 742-814 --- France - Kings and rulers - Biography --- Holy Roman Empire - Kings and rulers - Biography --- France - History - To 987 --- Holy Roman Empire - History - To 1517 --- Charlemagne (0742-0814) --- Empire carolingien --- 768-814 (Charlemagne) --- 840-924
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