British and Irish Experiences and Impressions of Central Europe, c.1560–1688
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Austrian Habsburg
Austrian Habsburg Lands
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Ferdinand III
Fynes Moryson
Gaelic Speakers
Good Resolve
habsburg
Habsburg monarchy studies
Idealised Christendom
Imperial War Council
Irish Expatriate
Irish Franciscan
Irish Friars
Knight Errant
La Hay
lands
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Philip Iii
Piotr Skarga
Poland-Lithuania relations
religious and intellectual exchange
Robert Bargrave
Satu Mare
Scots College
Sigismund III
Sir Thomas Erpingham
South East Germany
steve
Stuart Kingdoms
trade
transnational historical networks
Tudor Stuart Central European connections
Underground Railway Station
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William Lithgow
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Young Man
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- ISBN 9780754663423
- Weight: 498g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jan 2012
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Whilst much recent scholarly work has sought to place early modern British and Irish history within a broader continental context, most of this has focused on western or northern Europe. In order to redress the balance, this new study by David Worthington explores the connections linking writers and expatriates from the later Tudor and Stuart kingdoms with the two major dynastic conglomerates east of the Rhine, the Austrian Habsburg lands and Poland-Lithuania. Drawing on a variety of sources, including journals, diaries, letters and travel accounts, the book not only shows the high level of scholarly interest evidenced within contemporary English language works about the region, but how many more British and Irish people ventured there than is generally recognised. As well as the soldiers, merchants and diplomats one might expect, we discover more unexpected and colourful characters, including a polymath Irish moral theologian in Vienna, an orphaned English poetess in Prague, a Welsh humanist in Cracow, and a Scottish physician and botanist at the Vasa court in Warsaw. This examination of the diverse range of Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English religious, intellectual, political, military and commercial contacts with central Europe provides not only a more balanced view of British and Irish history, but also continues the process of reintegrating the histories of the European regions. Furthermore, by extending the focus of research beyond widely studied areas, towards other more illuminating, international aspects, the book challenges scholars to analyse these networks within less parochial, and more transnational settings.
Dr David Worthington, The Centre for History, University of the Highlands and Islands, Dornoch, Scotland, UK
