Peter Thaler

Protestant Resistance in Counterreformation Austria

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines Austrian Protestants who resisted the Habsburg Counterreformation in the early 17th century. Since the climax of their activism coincided with the Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War, it also analyzes Swedish policy and the resulting Austro-Swedish interrelationship.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Early Modern History
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 157mm x 237mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9780367429348
• ISBN-10: 0367429349
• Artikelnr.: 59790224

Autorenporträt

Peter Thaler is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Denmark. He holds a Ph.D. in history and a Ph.D. in Scandinavian studies from the University of Minnesota as well as a doctorate of law from the University of Vienna.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Old Conflicts and Modern Interpretations: An Introduction 2. A House
Dividing: The Rise of Confessions in Early Modern Austria 3. Last Estate
Standing: Representative Government and Catholic Restoration 4. The
Thinker: Georg Erasmus von Tschernembl and the Ideology of Resistance 5.
The Noble Warriors: Austrian Protestants in Swedish Services 6. The
Peasants: When Humble Subjects Mar the Mighty's Sleep 7. Beyond Habsburg: A
Conclusion. Historiographical Essay: An Introduction to Historical Writing
on Austria's Confessional Age