Factional struggles : divided elites in European cities and courts (1400-1750) / edited by Mathieu Caesar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caesar, Mathieu, editor.

Series:

Rulers & elites ; v. 10.

Rulers & elites ; volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristocracy (Social class)--Europe--History.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Elite (Social sciences)--Europe--History.

Elite (Social sciences).

History.

Europe.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 258 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

Factional Struggles' explores the dynamics of conflicts among ruling elites within cities, dynastic courts, rural areas and regional noble lineages during the early modern period. Building on case studies from France, Italy, the Empire and the Swiss Confederation, the essays collected by Mathieu Caesar in this volume highlight how factions were formed and how they shaped political society from the late Middle Ages. The authors have especially focused on how political and religious ideologies contributed to the formation of partisanship, the role of propaganda, and the significance and strategies of factional leaders. The volume shows how factions, despite the generally negative view of them held by theologians and jurists, were in practice accepted and used as political tools.

Contents:

Did Factions Exist? Problems and Perspectives on European Factional Struggles (1400-1750) / Mathieu Caesar Caesar, Mathieu 1

The Black Raven and His Gang: Politics in Augsburg in Times of Crisis (1450-1480) / Dominique Adrian Adrian, Dominique 18

Changing Skin: Identities and Strategies in Late Medieval Basque banderizo Warfare / José Ramón Díaz de Durana Durana, José Ramón Díaz de, Arsenio Dacosta Dacosta, Arsenio 37

Conciliarist Employment of Eschatology during and after the Council of Basel (1431-1460) / Frances Courtney Kneupper Kneupper, Frances Courtney 56

Factions in Rome between Papal Wars and International Conflicts (1480-1530) / Maria Antonietta Visceglia Visceglia, Maria Antonietta 82

The Prince and the Factions: Rebellion and Political Propaganda in Sixteenth-Century Geneva / Mathieu Caesar Caesar, Mathieu 104

Not Only Blood: Factions on the Venetian Terraferma during the Early Modern Period / Andrea Savio Savio, Andrea 122

A Temperate Factionalism: Political Life in Amiens at the End of the Wars of Religion / Olivia Carpi Carpi, Olivia 137

The Imperial Court during the Thirty Years War: A Battleground for Factions? / Rubén González Cuerva Cuerva, Rubén González, Luis Tercero Casado Casado, Luis Tercero 155

Divide and Rule? Rival Factions and Prussian State Management in Eighteenth-Century Neuchatel / Nadir Weber Weber, Nadir 176

Factions and Parties in Early Modern Swiss Conflicts / Andreas Würgler Würgler, Andreas 196.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Factional struggles

ISBN:

9789004344150

9004344152

OCLC:

982652317