A house divided [electronic resource] : Wittelsbach confessional court cultures in the Holy Roman Empire, c. 1550-1650 / by Andrew L. Thomas.
Material type:
- Wittelsbach, House of
- Geschichte 1550-1650
- Royal houses -- Germany -- History
- Church and state -- Germany -- History
- Reformation -- Germany
- Bavaria (Germany) -- Court and courtiers -- History
- Palatinate (Germany) -- Court and courtiers -- History
- Bavaria (Germany) -- Religious life and customs
- Palatinate (Germany) -- Religious life and customs
- Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Ferdinand I, 1556-1564
- Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Ferdinand II, 1619-1637
- 943/.303 22
- DD801.B37 T47 2010eb
Based on author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Purdue University, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-383) and index.
Reflecting dynastic destinies: mirror of prince literature and Wittelsbach education -- Patronage and piety: the confessionalization of Wittelsbach courts in Heidelberg and Munich -- Confessional frontiers and border wars: the confessionalization of Bavaria and the Palatinate -- Wedding bells and cannon fire: Wittelsbach confessional diplomacy -- A winter's tale: the "Winter King" and the court at Prague -- Image-breaking: iconoclasm and identity crisis -- Clarion calls: White Mountain and Wittelsbach legitimacy -- Metamorphosis: the Palatinate in transition and the "Bohemian" court in exile at The Hague -- Appendix A: Wittelsbach genealogy (1300-1550) -- Appendix B: Palatine Wittelsbachs genealogy (1550-1650) -- Appendix C: Bavarian Wittelsbachs genealogy (1550-1650).
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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