Religious Plurality at Princely Courts

Dynasty, Politics, and Confession in Central Europe, ca. 1555-1860

AvBenjamin Marschke,Daniel Riches

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association

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Beskrivning

Early modern European monarchies legitimized their rule through dynasty and religion, and ideally the divine right of the ruler corresponded with the confession of the territory. It has thus been assumed that at princely courts only a single confession was present. However, the reality of the confessional circumstances at court commonly involved more than one faith. Religious Plurality at Princely Courts explores the reverberations of biconfessional or multiconfessional intra-Christian situations at courts on dynastic, symbolic, diplomatic, artistic, and theological levels, exploring interreligious dialogue, religious change, and confessional blending. Incorporating perspectives across European studies such as domestic and international politics, dynastic strategies, the history of ideas, women’s and gender history, as well as visual and material culture, the contributions to this volume highlight the dynamics and implications of religious plurality at court.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-04-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:530 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association
Antal sidor:294
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781805394877

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Benjamin Marschke is Professor of History at the Cal Poly Humboldt, in Arcata, California.

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List of FiguresIntroduction: Religious Plurality at Princely CourtsBenjamin Marschke, Daniel Riches, Sara Smart, and Alexander SchunkaPart I: Bi-Confessional Royal Marriage StrategiesChapter 1. Confessional Identity, International Protestantism, and Desacralization: Cross-Confessional Marriage Projects in the House of Hohenzollern in the Eighteenth Century.Benjamin MarschkeChapter 2. Faith and its Discontents: Mixed-Confessional Dynastic Marriages and Protestant Dialogue in the Holy Roman Empire during the Long Eighteenth Century.Alexander SchunkaPart II: Conversion and Its ConsequencesChapter 3. How to Represent a Convert Queen. Elisabeth Christine of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel’s Conversion as a Challenge for Dynastic Public Relations.Ines Peper and Marion RombergChapter 4. The Supraconfessional Blend versus Confessional Purity: the Death of Anna of Prussia in 1625, the Dynastic Funeral Volume, and Confessional Relations in Brandenburg-Prussia.Sara SmartChapter 5. Monsieur is Worth a Mass: Changing Attitudes Towards Conversion in Seventeenth-Century French Royal Marriages.Jonathan SpanglerPart III: Religious Plurality at CourtChapter 6. Masquerades and Christian Zeal: The Court of Moritz of Hessen-Kassel During the Second Reformation.Tryntje HelfferichChapter 7. Ecclesiastical Courts, Aristocratic Kinship, and Confessional Ambiguity: Osnabrück, Paderborn, Münster, ca. 1555-1650.David M. LuebkePart IV: Religious Plurality Beyond the CourtChapter 8. Dynastic and Religious Ambitions in Johan III of Sweden’s Marriage to Katarina Jagellonica.Daniel RichesChapter 9. Diplomacy and Religious Plurality in the Prussian and British Courts, 1840-1860.Samuel KeeleyPart V: Concluding RemarksChapter 10. Religious Plurality at Princely Courts in a Global Context: A Counterpoint from Outside Europe.Jeroen DuindamConclusion and Avenues for Further ResearchBenjamin Marschke, Daniel Riches, Sara Smart, and Alexander Schunka