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Dynasty and Piety - Archduke Albert (1598-1621) and Habsburg Political Culture in an Age of Religious Wars (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Dynasty and Piety - Archduke Albert (1598-1621) and Habsburg Political Culture in an Age of Religious Wars (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The youngest son of Emperor Maximilian II, and nephew of Philip II
of Spain, Archduke Albert (1559-1621) was originally destined for
the church. However, dynastic imperatives decided otherwise and in
1598, upon his marriage to Philip's daughter, the Infanta Isabella
Clara Eugenia, he found himself ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands,
one of the most dynamic yet politically unstable territories in
early-modern Europe. Through an investigation of Albert's reign,
this book offers a new and fuller understanding of international
events of the time, and the Habsburg role in them. Drawing on a
wide range of archival and visual material, the resulting study of
Habsburg political culture demonstrates the large degree of
autonomy enjoyed by the archducal regime, which allowed Albert and
his entourage to exert a decisive influence on several crucial
events: preparing the ground for the Anglo-Spanish peace of 1604 by
the immediate recognition of King James, clearing the way for the
Twelve Years' Truce by conditionally accepting the independence of
the United Provinces, reasserting Habsburg influence in the
Rhineland by the armed intervention of 1614 and devising the terms
of the OA+/-ate Treaty of 1617. In doing so the book shows how they
sought to initiate a realistic policy of consolidation benefiting
the Spanish Monarchy and the House of Habsburg. Whilst previous
work on the subject has tended to concentrate on either the
relationship between Spain and the Netherlands or between Spain and
the Empire, this book offers a far deeper and much more nuanced
insight in how the House of Habsburg functioned as a dynasty during
these critical years of increasing religious tensions. Based on
extensive research in the archives left by the archducal regime and
its diplomatic partners or rivals, it bridges the gap between the
reigns of Philip II and Philip IV and puts research into the period
onto a fascinating new basis.
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