{"product_id":"the-quest-for-compromise-peacemakers-in-counter-reformation-vienna-hardback-9780521580823","title":"The Quest for Compromise; Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna (Hardback) 9780521580823","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Quest for Compromise\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePeacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn account of religious moderation at the Habsburg court in late sixteenth-century Vienna.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHoward Louthan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521580823, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 October 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages, 14 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.1 x 2 cm, 0.497 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Louthan's work on this project is impressive indeed. This book is definitely a major contribution to our understanding of the brief reign of Maximilian II and to the international scene within which confessional conflicts and attempts at their reconiciliation played out.\"    John P. Spielman, American Historical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e A political and cultural chronology\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Emergence of an Irenic Court: 1. From confrontation to conciliation: the conversion of Lazarus von Schwendi\u003cbr\u003e 2. Jacopo Strada and the transformation of the imperial court\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Maximilian II and the High Point of Irenicism: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 3. Hugo Blotius and the intellectual foundation of Austrian irenicism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Ordering a chaotic world: the reformation of the imperial library\u003cbr\u003e 5. Protestant ecumenism and Catholic reform: the case of Johannes Crato\u003cbr\u003e 6. Finding a via media: Lazarus von Schwendi and the climax of Austrian irenicism\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Failure of Irenicism: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 7. Confessional ambiguity and unambiguous critics: religion and the Austrian middle way\u003cbr\u003e 8. The funeral of Maximilian II: struggling for the soul of central Europe\u003cbr\u003e 9. Matthias in the Netherlands: the political failure of irenicism\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: storm clouds on the horizon: from the great milk war to the Thirty Years War\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: the wider circle of irenicism\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913320653080,"sku":"9780521580823","price":103.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521027120_96653f52-bdf6-4316-9fc1-7fd7978e0cc9.jpg?v=1691370017","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-quest-for-compromise-peacemakers-in-counter-reformation-vienna-hardback-9780521580823","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}