Reason of State, Stände, and Estates in German and English Exchanges over the Crisis in the Palatinate, 1618–24

Hutchinson, Mark A ORCID: 0000-0003-1413-6382 (2024) Reason of State, Stände, and Estates in German and English Exchanges over the Crisis in the Palatinate, 1618–24. Renaissance Quarterly, 77 (1). pp. 215-257. doi:10.1017/rqx.2022.438

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Abstract

When, in 1619, Frederick V of the Palatinate accepted the crown of Bohemia, he justified his action, which challenged the authority of Emperor Ferdinand II and precipitated the Thirty Years’ War, by the need to uphold the public order, rights, and responsibilities connected to the estates of the empire. English engagements with the German vocabulary of estates drew upon the concept of reason of state—those amoral political calculations needed to maintain a group’s estate, or standing. The article examines the significance of these differences in a vocabulary of estates and state.

Item Type: Article
Article Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Stände; estates; state; reason of state; Holy Roman Empire; England; Thirty Years' War
Subjects: D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D204 Modern History
D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > DA1 History of Great Britain > DA20 England > DA28 History > DA129 By period > DA300 Modern, 1485-
D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > DAW Central Europe
D History General and Old World > DD Germany
J Political Science > JC Political theory
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Divisions: Schools and Research Institutes > School of Creative Arts
Research Priority Areas: Culture, Continuity, and Transformation
Depositing User: Mark Hutchinson
Date Deposited: 03 Oct 2023 10:01
Last Modified: 30 Apr 2024 14:00
URI: https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/13241

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