Rudolf II and His World : A Study in Intellectual History, 1576-1612
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Rudolf II of Hapsburg, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was an extraordinary ruler, a monarch whose court occupied a central position in 16th-century Europe - yet he remained a shadowy and fugitive figure. The decades around 1600 saw sweeping cultural changes in Europe, with the waning of an old-world view and the beginnings of the 17th-century intellectual revolution. The author argues that the conflict which played itself out in the Hapsburg lands during these years was a political manifestation of the intellectual confrontation between the old guard and and their preoccupation with the mystical, spiritual and hermetic sciences, and the rise of a more rational and empirical view of the world. Rudolf, as the embodiment of the old philosophy, failed to grasp this profound shift in the prevailing climate of thought: Professor Evans argues that it was this failure which led to his eventual tragic downfall.
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Product details
- Paperback | 352 pages
- 154.94 x 233.68 x 30.48mm | 680.39g
- 09 Jun 1997
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- London, United Kingdom
- Revised
- 2nd Revised edition
- 20 plates, 1 line drawing
- 0500279861
- 9780500279861
Table of contents
The Hapsburgs, Bohemia and the Empire; the politics of Rudolf; the religions of Rudolf; the Hapsburgs, Bohemia and the humanist culture; Rudolf and the fine arts; Rudolf and the occult arts; Prague mannerism and the magic universe.
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