Bibliograph

The quest for compromise, peacemakers in counter-Reformation Vienna, Howard Louthan

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Label

The quest for compromise, peacemakers in counter-Reformation Vienna, Howard Louthan

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The quest for compromise

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

42854662

Responsibility statement

Howard Louthan

Series statement

Cambridge studies in early modern historyCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

peacemakers in counter-Reformation Vienna

Summary

The Quest for Compromise is an interdisciplinary study of the imperial court in late sixteenth-century Vienna, and a detailed examination of a fascinating moment of religious moderation. Against a backdrop of rising religious and confessional dogmatism, the Emperor Maximilian II (1564–1576) assembled a remarkable cast of courtiers who resisted extremes of both Reformation and Counter-Reformation. This book investigates the rise and fall of an irenic movement through four individuals whose work at the imperial court reflected the ideals of religious compromise and moderation. An Italian artist (Jacopo Strada), a Silesian physician (Johannes Crato), a Dutch librarian (Hugo Blotius) and a German soldier (Lazarus von Schwendi) sought peace and accommodation through a wide range of cultural, intellectual and political activity.--, Provided by publisher

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