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Thrust into power in the midst of the bloodiest conflict Europe had ever experienced, Amalia Elisabeth fought to save her country, her Calvinist church, and her children's inheritance. Tryntje Helfferich's vivid portrait reveals how this unique and embattled ruler used her diplomatic gifts to play the great powers of Europe against one another during the Thirty Years War, while raising one of the most powerful and effective fighting forces on the continent. Stranded in exile after the death of her husband, Amalia Elisabeth stymied the maneuvers of male relatives and advisors who hoped to seize control of the affairs of her tiny German state of Hesse-Cassel. Unshakable in her religious faith and confident in her own capacity to rule, the princess crafted a cunning strategy to protect her interests. Despite great personal tragedy, challenges to her rule, and devastating losses to her people and lands, Amalia Elisabeth wielded her hard-won influence to help shape the new Europe that arose in the war's wake. She ended her reign in triumph, having secured the birthright of her children and the legalization of her church. The Iron Princess restores to view one of the most compelling political figures of her time, a woman once widely considered the heroine of the seventeenth century.

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 --- Counter-Reformation --- Amalia Elisabeth, Landgrafin von Hessen-Kassel, --- Hesse-Kassel (Electorate) --- Electoral Kassel --- Kurhessen --- Hesse-Kassel (Landgraviate) --- Hessen-Kassel --- Hesse-Cassel --- Hessen-Cassel --- Hesse (Landgraviate) --- Hesse-Nassau (Germany) --- Isenburg (Principality) --- History --- Amalia Elisabeth, --- Amalie Elisabeth, --- Amelia Elisabeth, --- Princesses --- Royalty --- Courts and courtiers --- Hesse-Kassel

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This open access book presents a comparative analysis of the use of fatherland terminology in a political and legal context in Jülich, Hesse-Cassel and Brittany from 1642 to 1655. Fatherland terminology includes words such as patria, patriot and nation. In historiography, the use of these words by the nobility is often interpreted as an early sign of nationalism that conflicted with the prince’s initiation of state-building. The book argues that neither ‘states’ nor ‘nationalism’ truly existed yet; rather, the political arena was dominated by dynasties. Further, it rejects the notion of deliberate state-building and demonstrates that the nobility used this terminology to object to princely politics as part of adopting a “presupposed office.” This status allowed the nobility to place itself outside the ruler-subject constellation and critique the situation. The Duchy of Jülich and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel are used as examples of small economies of scale with homogenous nobilities, and ones where the Thirty Year’s War hit hard – which led to the illegal levying of taxes and the billeting of soldiers, and in turn to the nobility critiquing princely politics. In contrast, the Duchy of Brittany, with its large economy of scale and heterogeneous nobility, found an alternative way of pursuing its interests and keeping taxes as low as possible. The goal of this book is to discuss and present three representative cases that offer insights into how the nobility safeguarded the welfare and prosperity of the fatherland and its inhabitants.

Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Law --- History --- geschiedenis --- Law. --- Nobility --- Nobility. --- Politics and government. --- 1600-1699. --- Brittany (France) --- Europe --- France --- Hesse-Kassel --- Hesse-Kassel. --- Jülich (Duchy) --- Politics and government --- Jurisprudence & philosophy of law --- Legal history --- Fatherland-terminology --- Patriot --- Fatherland --- Patria --- Holy Roman Empire: Jülich, Hesse-Cassel --- France: Brittany --- Reichskammergericht / Imperial Chamber Court --- Political-Legal Terminology --- State-Building and the Thirty Years’ War --- Resistance --- Open Access --- Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. --- Legal History. --- Philosophy. --- History. --- Jurisprudence --- History and criticism

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098.1 --- 82:32 --- 830 "18" --- 655.4 <43> --- Censorship --- -German literature --- -Politics and literature --- -351.751 <43> --- Literature --- Literature and politics --- Book censorship --- Books --- Literature and morals --- Anticensorship activists --- Challenged books --- Expurgated books --- Intellectual freedom --- Prohibited books --- Verboden boeken --- Literatuur en politiek --- Duitse literatuur--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 --- Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989 --- History --- -History and criticism --- -Mediarecht. Vrijwaren van de vrijheid van denken, van de persvrijheid. Censuur. Filmcensuur. Reclamerecht--(Fundamentele vrijheden in de grondwet zie {342.732})--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989 --- Political aspects --- Law and legislation --- Grimm, Jacob --- Grimm, Wilhelm --- 351.751 <43> Mediarecht. Vrijwaren van de vrijheid van denken, van de persvrijheid. Censuur. Filmcensuur. Reclamerecht--(Fundamentele vrijheden in de grondwet zie {342.732})--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989 --- Mediarecht. Vrijwaren van de vrijheid van denken, van de persvrijheid. Censuur. Filmcensuur. Reclamerecht--(Fundamentele vrijheden in de grondwet zie {342.732})--Duitsland voor 1945 en na 1989 --- 830 "18" Duitse literatuur--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 --- 82:32 Literatuur en politiek --- 098.1 Verboden boeken --- Grimm, Gebrüder --- German literature --- Politics and literature --- 351.751 <43> --- 19th century&delete& --- History and criticism --- Grimm, Jacob, --- Grimm, Wilhelm, --- Grim, Vilkhelm, --- Grimm, Guglielmo, --- Grimm, Vilʹgelʹm Karl, --- Grimm, Wilhelm Karl, --- Grimm Brothers --- Brothers Grimm --- Brüder Grimm --- Bratʹi︠a︡ Grimm --- Braty Grimm --- Krim eghbayrner --- Гримм, Вильгельм, --- ברודער גרים --- גרים וילהלם --- גרים, ווילהלם --- גרים, וילהלם --- גרים, וילהלם, --- Grim, I︠A︡kob, --- Grimm, Giacomo, --- Grimm, I︠A︡kov, --- Ko-lin, --- Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl, --- Grimm, Jakob, --- Grim, Jakob, --- ברידער גרים --- גרים --- גרים, ברידער --- גרים, ג׳יקוב --- גרים, ג׳יקוב, --- גרים, יעקב --- גרים, יעקב, --- ヤーコプグリム, --- Germany --- Hesse-Kassel (Electorate) --- 19th century --- Contemporary Germany --- Grimm, Wilhelm.