A house divided
Subtitle: Wittelsbach confessional court cultures in the Holy Roman Empire, c. 1550-1650
By: by Andrew L. Thomas.
Series: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions -- v. 150
Publisher: Brill; BRILL
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9789004183568
Subjects: Wittelsbach, House of; Royal houses -- Germany -- History; Church and state -- Germany -- History; Reformation -- Germany; Bavaria (Germany) -- Courts and courtiers -- History; Palatinate (Germany) -- Courts 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reflecting dynastic destinies : Mirror of prince literature and Wittelsbach education; title: Patronage and piety : the confessionalization of Wittelsbach courts in Heidelberg and Munich; title: Confessional frontiers and border wars : the confessionalization of Bavaria and the Palatinate; title: Wedding bells and cannon fire : Wittelsbach confessional diplomacy; title: A winter's tale : the "Winter King" and the court at Prague; title: Image-breaking : iconoclasm and identity crisis; title: Clarion calls : White Mountain and Wittelsbach legitimacy; title: Metamorphosis : the Palatinate in transition and the "Bohemian" court in exile at The Hague; title: Appendix A: Wittelsbach genealogy (1300-1550); title: Appendix B: Palatine Wittelsbachs genealogy (1550-1650); title: Appendix C: Bavarian Wittelsbachs genealogy (1550-1650).