The counter-Reformation in Central Europe : Styria 1580-1630 / Regina Pörtner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pörtner, Regina, author.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs.

Oxford historical monographs The counter-Reformation in Central Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation--Austria--Styria.

Reformation.

Counter-Reformation--Austria--Styria.

Counter-Reformation.

Styria (Austria)--Church history.

Styria (Austria).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 311 p.) : maps.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is an account of religious belief and conflict in the strategically important province of Inner Austria between 1580 and 1630. Dr Pörtner analyses the aims, achievements, and shortcomings of the Habsburgs' confessional crusade in Styria.

Contents:

Intro

TITLE PAGE

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

1: Introduction

2: Protestantism Ascendant (1525-1578)

3: The Catholic Alliance and the Beginning of the Counter- Reformation under Karl II

4: The Ferdinandean Counter-Reformation and the Fall of the Protestant Cause

5: The Counter-Reformation at Local Level

6: Reform, Mission, and Propaganda (1580-1630)

7: The Limits of the Counter-Reformation

8: Conclusion

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-287) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-155430-8

OCLC:

728265632