Queen Christina of Sweden and her circle : the transformation of a seventeenth-century philosophical libertine / by Susanna Åkerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akerman, Samuel, -1805.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 21.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christina, Queen of Sweden, 1626-1689.

Christina.

Sweden--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Sweden.

Kings and rulers.

Philosophy, Modern--17th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 339 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1991.

Summary:

The life and works of Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) have often been obscured behind a haze of Iurid myths and legends. This book looks again at her notorious abdication of 1654, seeing it against the background of her reputation as a "libertine", a heterodox religious thinker. Her subsequent conversion to Catholicism is therefore understood as a consequence of messianic and millenarian expectations during those turbulent years, and her bizarre attempt in 1657 to become the ruler of Naples is revealed to be the political wing of a comprehensive religious and intellectual philosophy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004093109

OCLC:

22111492