Publication details
Juan de Borja en la corte de Rodolfo II y el asunto de la pacificación de los Países Bajos (1577-1579)
| Title in English | Juan de Borja at Rudolph II´s Court and efforts of the pacification in the Netherlands (1577-1579) |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Setkání hispanistů / Encuentro de hispanistas Brno 2012 |
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| Field | History |
| Keywords | diplomacy; ambassadors; 16th century; the Netherlands; Spain; the Imperial Court; Madrid; Vienna; Prague; the House of Habsburg; Juan de Borja; Rudolph II; Philip II; archduke Matthias |
| Description | The study addresses the role of Juan de Borja, Spanish ambassador to the court of Emperor Rudolph II in the years 1577-1581, in the matter of the pacification of Flanders during negotiations in Cologne in 1579. In this period at the imperial court very important international issues are settled. Firstly there are efforts to pacify the region of the Netherlands, where religion played its very important role. Juan de Borja noticed the danger of religious disagreement, also in the Empire and the Habsburg monarchy as one of the real threats of disintegration of the Christian world. The study focuses on the issue in the context of the dynastic union of the House of Austria. Presents the tolerant Dutch policy of Rudolph II, the critical political situation at the time of the Archduke Matthias government in the Netherlands and the pacification unresolved Cologne International Board. |
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