TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bireley,Robert
ED  - Cambridge eBooks.
TI  - Ferdinand II, Counter-Reformation emperor, 1578-1637
SN  - 9781107589698 (ebook)
AV  - DB65.75 .B57 2014
U1  - 973/.042092B 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Ferdinand
KW  - Maria,
KW  - Habsburg, House of.
KW  - Counter-Reformation
KW  - Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - Europe, Central
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Austria
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Biography
KW  - Holy Roman Empire
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); Boyhood and Youth, 1578-1598 -- Early Years in Inner Austria, 1598-1608 -- Toward the Succession, 1608-1618 -- The Bohemian Rebellion, 1618-1621 -- Consolidation and Expansion, 1621-1628 -- Overreach, 1628-1631 -- Setback, 1631-1632 -- Recovery, 1632-1634 -- Settlement and Death, 1635-1637 -- Conclusion -- Genealogy
N2  - Emperor Ferdinand II (1619–37) stands out as a crucial figure in the Counter-Reformation in central Europe, a leading player in the Thirty Years War, the most important ruler in the consolidation of the Habsburg monarchy, and the emperor who reinvigorated the office after its decline under his two predecessors. This is the first biography since a long-outdated one written in German in 1978 and the first ever in English. It looks at his reign as territorial ruler of Inner Austria from 1598 until his election as emperor and especially at the influence of his mother, the formidable Archduchess Maria, in order to understand his later policies as emperor. This book focuses on the consistency of his policies, the profound influence of religion throughout his career and follows the contest at court between those who favored consolidation of the Habsburg lands and those who aimed for expansion in the empire
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