| War, Religion and Court Patronage in Habsburg Austria: The Social and Cultural Dimensions of Political Interaction, 1521-1622 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Machardy, K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333572416 ISBN-13: 9780333572412 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: This case study of the causes of the Thirty Years' War suggests an alternative framework to that of Absolutism, and views state-building as an interactive bargaining process that can engender challenges to political authority. It shows how selective court patronage changed the cultural habits of nobles in education, manners, and tastes, but failed to transform religious identities, which were intimately tied to noble interests. Instead, the confessionalization of patronage deepened divisions within the elite, providing multiple incentives for the formation of an anti-Habsburg alliance among Protestants in 1620. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Austria & Hungary - History | Modern - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 943.603 |
| LCCN: 2001050806 |
| Series: Studies in Modern History (Palgrave) |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.54" W x 9" (1.18 lbs) 331 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This case study of the causes of the Thirty Years' War suggests an alternative framework to that of Absolutism, and views statebuilding as an interactive bargaining process that can engender challenges to political authority. It shows how selective court patronage changed the cultural habits of nobles in education, manners, and tastes, but failed to transform religious identities, which were intimately tied to noble interests. Instead, the confessionalization of patronage deepened divisions within the elite, providing multiple incentives for the formation of an anti-Habsburg alliance among Protestants in 1620. |