1st Edition
Catholic Belief and Survival in Late Sixteenth-Century Vienna The Case of Georg Eder (1523–87)
By Elaine Fulton
Copyright 2007
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Dr Georg Eder was an extraordinary figure who rose from humble origins to hold a number of high positions at Vienna University and the city's Habsburg court between 1552 and 1584. His increasingly uncompromising Catholicism eventually placed him at odds, however, with many influential figures around him, not least the confessionally moderate Habsburg Emperor, Maximillian II. Pivoting around a... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Eder's Vienna; Promotion and prominence, 1550-73; Service to the church, 1550-73; 1573: imperial condemnation; Wittelsbach patronage, 1573-87; 'Whoever is not like a Jesuit, is not a Catholic'; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.
Biography
Elaine Fulton is Lecturer in the Department of Modern History at the University of Birmingham, UK.
’This is a solidly researched and carefully argued study...’ English Historical Review ’... an instructive case study in which the fruits of extensive archival research are presented in a convincing fashion, and with much engaging enthusiasm for its important subject.’ Journal or Ecclesiastical History ’... this deceptively modest book opens an important methodological pathway to the study of early modern Catholicism in central Europe.’ European History Quarterly ’[Fulton’s] careful research offers an important contribution to recovering a lesser-known voice of the Reformation era.’ Religious Studies Review ’... [Fulton’s] work constitutes the most important scholarly work to date on the role of Georg Eder and demonstrates the promising nature of future work on lay reformers for our understanding of early modern Catholicism.’ Sixteenth Century Journal
