Christopher W. Close

State Formation and Shared Sovereignty (eBook, PDF)

The Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, 1488-1696

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers new perspectives on how alliances in early modern Europe promoted shared sovereignty, and the impact on the evolution of the state.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108950022
• Artikelnr.: 70913096

Autorenporträt

Christopher W. Close is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Saint Joseph's University. He has received several prestigious research grants from organizations including the German Academic Exchange Service and the American Philosophical Society. He is the author of The Negotiated Reformation: Imperial Cities and the Politics of Urban Reform, 1525-1550 (2009) and numerous articles in The Sixteenth Century Journal and European History Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Swabian league and the politics of alliance (1488-1534)
2. Alliances and the early reformation (1526-1545)
3. Alliances and new visions for the empire and Low Countries (1540-1556)
4. Shared sovereignty and regional peace (1552-1567)
5. Shared sovereignty and multi-confessionality in the empire and Low Countries (1566-1609)
6. Religious alliance and the legacy of past leagues (1591-1613)
7. Religious alliance and the Thirty Years War (1610-1632)
8. Westphalia and politics of alliance in the empire and Dutch Republic (1631-1696)
Conclusion
Bibliography.