Religion and politics in the age of the counterreformation : Emperor Ferdinand II, William Lamormaini, S.J., and the formation of imperial policy / Robert Bireley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bireley, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.

Counter-Reformation--Germany.

Counter-Reformation.

Germany--History--1618-1648.

Germany.

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1578-1637.

Ferdinand.

Lamormaini, Wilhelm, 1570-1648.

Lamormaini, Wilhelm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Confirming what historians have long suspected--that the influence of a court confessor could be crucial for the formation of policy--Bireley explores the relationship between Ferdinand and Lamormaini during the Thirty Years War. The author shows how Lamormaini planned for the restoration of Catholicism in Germany and documents in detail his influence on Ferdinand, his conflict with Ferdinand's first minister, and his relationships with other important figures in Vienna and Rome. Originally published in 1981.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 People and Policies to 1624; CHAPTER 2 Conflicts among Counterreformers, 1624-1626; CHAPTER 3 Restoration in the Empire, 1626-1627; CHAPTER 4 New Commitments, 1628-1629; CHAPTER 5 Complications, 1629-1630; CHAPTER 6 Lamormaini's Triumph: Regensburg, 1630; CHAPTER 7 The Monastery Controversy; CHAPTER 8 Last Chance for Compromise: Frankfurt, 1631; CHAPTER 9 The Nadir, 1631-1632; CHAPTER 10 Recovery, 1633-1634; CHAPTER 11 The End of a Program: Prague, 1635; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index.

ISBN:

9798890874795

9781469610054

1469610051

OCLC:

826854686