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Religion and Politics in the Age of the Counterreformation

Emperor Ferdinand II, William Lamormaini, S.J., and the Formation of the Imperial Policy

Robert Bireley S.J.

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 12/2012
Pages: 324
Subject: History | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9781469610054

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Confirming what historians have long suspected--that the influence of a court confessor could be crucial for the formation of policy--Bireley explores the relationship between Ferdinand and Lamormaini during the Thirty Years War. The author shows how Lamormaini planned for the restoration of Catholicism in Germany and documents in detail his influence on Ferdinand, his conflict with Ferdinand's first minister, and his relationships with other important figures in Vienna and Rome.

Originally published in 1981.

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