RUDOLF II. AND PRAGUE *. THE IMPERIAL COURT AND RESIDENTIAL CITY AS THE CULTURAL AND SPRITUAL HEART OF CENTRAL EUROPE.

Fucikova, Eliska and James M. Bradburne:

ISBN 10: 0500279861 / ISBN 13: 9780500279861

Published by Prague-London-Milan, Prague Castle Administration (Verwaltung der Prager Burg) - Thames and Hudson / Skira Editore,, 1997

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Bll. + 392 S. inkl. Anhang mit Index, u. mit farb. Abbildungen (Malerei, Objekte, Portraits u.a.). * (1552 Wien-1612 Prag) Kaiser d. H.R.R., König von Böhmen und Ungarn, Erzherzog von Österreich. // Ausstellung 1997 Prague Castle / Wallenstein Palace 30 May - 7 September 1997 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2015 Gr.-4°, OIll.-LeichtKarton./Paperback oder Broschur. Kopfschnitt an eine Stelle geringf. nachgebräunt. Gutes Exemplar. Erstauflage d. Engl. Ausgabe. First English Edition. Seller Inventory # 13816

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Title: RUDOLF II. AND PRAGUE *. THE IMPERIAL COURT ...

Publisher: Prague-London-Milan, Prague Castle Administration (Verwaltung der Prager Burg) - Thames and Hudson / Skira Editore,

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Gut

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Synopsis:

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.