Frederik II and the Protestant cause : Denmark's role in the Wars of Religion, 1559-1596 / by Paul Douglas Lockhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lockhart, Paul Douglas, 1963- author.

Series:

Northern world ; Volume 10.

Northern world ; Volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.

Denmark--Foreign relations--1448-1660.

Denmark.

Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway, 1534-1588.

Frederick.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Frederik 2 and the Protestant cause

Frederik two and the Protestant cause

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2004]

Summary:

This book considers the role played by Denmark's King Frederik II (1559-88) in the international diplomacy of the 'age of religious wars'. As Europe's leading Lutheran sovereign, Frederik commanded great influence; his conviction that an international Catholic 'conspiracy' threatened to destroy Protestantism led him to work towards the creation of a Protestant alliance that included both Calvinist and Lutheran states. Lockhart examines the role of religion in Frederik's foreign policy, the motivations behind the king's alliance-building projects, and the reasons behind the ultimate failure of Frederik's policies. This volume will be of interest to students of early modern diplomacy, sixteenth-century Protestantism, and the Scandinavian monarchies in the early modern period.

Contents:

List of illustrations

List of maps

Note on conventions

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Ch. 1 Introduction 1

Ch. 2 An emerging power, 1536-1572 13

The legacy of Christian III, 1536-59 14

Frederik II 29

Resources : military, naval, and financial 55

Ch. 3 Religion and foreign policy, 1559-1572 63

Frederik II and the state church 65

Confessional identity and foreign policy, 1559-72 83

Ch. 4 Two weddings and a conspiracy, 1572-1577 101

The 'bloody wedding' and the Baltic threat, 1572-80 104

The Papist conspiracy 128

Ch. 5 Protestant solidarity and the imperial crisis, 1577-1583 143

Catholic resurgence and protestant solidarity 145

Frederik II and the 'book of discord' 157

Prospects for a protestant alliance, 1577-83 174

Realignment 189

Ch. 6 The common cause, 1583-1585 202

Their ambitions have become as one 202

This manifestly wanton and devilish act 219

The English initiative, 1585 225

Ch. 7 The third peril, 1586-1588 242

To spare the blood of thousands 243

Towards Luneburg 252

The Dutch quagmire 273

I have little hope 290

Ch. 8 Retreat 298

The regency and isolationism 300

But our pious king of Denmark has passed over to God too soon. 308

Bibliography 329

Index 339.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-338) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-474-1319-9

OCLC:

607186903

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047413196 DOI