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Abraham Scultetus
Author_Brennan C. Pursell
bohemian
Bohemian Crown
Bohemian Directors
Bohemian Estates
Bohemian Rebellion
Bohemian Throne
Castle Hradschin
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Christian IV
confessional politics
constitutional crisis analysis
Duke Maximilian
early modern Europe
Elector Palatine
Emperor Ferdinand II
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Ferdinand III
Frederick's Behalf
Frederick's Restoration
Frederick’s Behalf
Frederick’s Restoration
Habsburg monarchy
Imperial Ban
imperial constitution
Imperial Election
Imperial Supreme Court
Lower Palatinate
Lower Saxon Circles
Mansfeld's Army
Mansfeld’s Army
origins of Thirty Years War
Palatine Crisis
Philip III
rebellion
religious conflict studies
Vice Versa
Von Dohna
Winter King
Product details
- ISBN 9780754634010
- Weight: 820g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Sep 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Elector Palatinate Frederick V - the Winter King - would be an insignificant figure in the history of Europe were it not for the tremendous conflagration that he helped to ignite. Frederick’s conflict with Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II over the throne of Bohemia plunged Europe into thirty years of savage violence, fiery devastation, and terrible privation during the first half of the seventeenth century. More than simply a biographical study of Frederick, The Winter King provides a fresh and compelling study into the causes of the Thirty Years’ War. Examining the early stages of the war through the locus of Frederick, it reconciles the forces of confession, conscience and constitutionalism that affected Frederick’s decision making at critical junctures throughout the crisis. By placing constitutionalism rather than religion at the centre of events, it offers a subtle yet convincing new account of the conflict. Drawing on political and personal correspondence, backed up with a wealth of archival and secondary sources, Dr Pursell presents Frederick’s choices and alternatives and interprets his words and responses to them. Considering the war from Frederick’s perspective he argues convincingly that the war is best understood not simply as a struggle between Protestant and Catholic powers, but rather as an extended constitutional conflict, entwining religious and political factors, fought within the Holy Roman Empire.
Brennan C. Pursell is Assistant Professor of History at DeSales University, USA. He has published articles and book reviews for History, The Historical Journal, The Court Historian, The Sixteenth Century Journal, and the Royal Historical Society's Camden Fifth Series.
