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Emperor Ferdinand II (1619-1637) 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 This is the first biography of Ferdinand since a long-outdated one written in German in 1978 and the first ever in English.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 on his policies throughout his career. It also follows the contest at court between those who favored consolidation of the Habsburg lands and those who aimed for expansion in the empire, as well as between those who favored a militant religious policy and those who advocated a moderate one. --

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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Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Christian church history --- 321.01 "15/16" --- Christianity and politics --- -Counter-Reformation --- Political ethics --- -Political science --- -Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Ethics, Political --- Ethics in government --- Government ethics --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Ethics --- Civics --- Anti-Reformation --- Church history --- Church renewal --- Reformation --- Christianity --- Church and politics --- Politics and Christianity --- Politics and the church --- Algemene staatsleer. Politieke filosofie. Staatsleer. Staatstheorie--?"15/16" --- Catholic Church --- History --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Political aspects --- Counter-Reformation. --- Catholic Church. --- History. --- -Algemene staatsleer. Politieke filosofie. Staatsleer. Staatstheorie--?"15/16" --- 321.01 "15/16" Algemene staatsleer. Politieke filosofie. Staatsleer. Staatstheorie--?"15/16" --- -Anti-Reformation --- Administration --- Counter-Reformation --- Political ethics - Europe - History --- Political science - Europe - History --- Christianity and politics - Catholic Church

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Niccolò Machiavelli's seminal work, The Prince, argued that a ruler could not govern morally and be successful. Giovanni Botero disputed this argument and proposed a system for the maintenance and expansion of a state that remained moral in character. Founding an anti-Machiavellian tradition that aimed to refute Machiavelli in practice, Botero is an important figure in early modern political thought, though he remains relatively unknown. His most notable work, Della ragion di Stato, first popularised the term 'reason of state' and made a significant contribution to a major political debate of the time - the perennial issue of the relationship between politics and morality - and the book became a political 'bestseller' in the late sixteenth and the seventeenth century. This translation of the 1589 volume introduces Botero to a wider Anglophone readership and extends this influential text to a modern audience of students and scholars of political thought.

Political science --- State, The --- Reason of state --- War and emergency powers

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Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 --- Counter-Reformation --- Ferdinand - II, - Holy Roman Emperor, - 1578-1637 --- Lamormaini, Wilhelm, - 1570-1648 --- Germany

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