Ferdinand II, Counter-Reformation Emperor, 1578-1637

by Robert Bireley and Robert Birely Sj

Book Overview

Emperor Ferdinand II (1619-37) stands out as a crucial figure in the Counter-Reformation in central Europe, a leading player in the Thirty Years War, the most important ruler in the consolidation of the Habsburg monarchy, and the emperor who reinvigorated the office after its decline under his two predecessors. This is the first biography since a long-outdated one written in German in 1978, and the first ever in English. It looks at his reign as territorial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107674409
• ISBN13: 9781107674400
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"