List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
A political and cultural chronology
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. The Emergence of an Irenic Court: 1. From confrontation to conciliation: the conversion of Lazarus von Schwendi
2. Jacopo Strada and the transformation of the imperial court
Part II. Maximilian II and the High Point of Irenicism: Introduction
3. Hugo Blotius and the intellectual foundation of Austrian irenicism
4. Ordering a chaotic world: the reformation of the imperial library
5. Protestant ecumenism and Catholic reform: the case of Johannes Crato
6. Finding a via media: Lazarus von Schwendi and the climax of Austrian irenicism
Part III. The Failure of Irenicism: Introduction
7. Confessional ambiguity and unambiguous critics: religion and the Austrian middle way
8. The funeral of Maximilian II: struggling for the soul of central Europe
9. Matthias in the Netherlands: the political failure of irenicism
Conclusion: storm clouds on the horizon: from the great milk war to the Thirty Years War
Epilogue: the wider circle of irenicism
Select bibliography
Index.
