Frederik II and the Protestant cause : Denmark's role in the Wars of Religion, 1559-1596
"This book considers the role played by Denmark's King Frederik II (1559-1588) in the international diplomacy of the 'age of religious wars'. As Europe's leading Lutheran sovereign, Frederik commanded great influence, his conviction that an international Catholic 'conspiracy' threatened to destroy Protestantism led him to work towards the creation of a Protestant alliance that included both Calvinist and Lutheran states." "Lockhart examines the role of religion in Frederik's foreign policy, the motivations behind the king's alliance-building projects, and the reasons behind the ultimate failure of Frederik's policies. This volume will be of interest to students of early modern diplomacy, sixteenth-century Protestantism, and the Scandinavian monarchies in the early modern period."--Jacket
Northern world, v. 10
xxii, 350 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
9789004137905, 9004137904
53485232
Ch. 1. Introduction
Ch. 2. An emerging power, 1536-1572
The legacy of Christian III, 1536-59
Frederik II
Resources : military, naval, and financial
Ch. 3. Religion and foreign policy, 1559-1572
Frederik II and the state church
Confessional identity and foreign policy, 1559-72
Ch. 4. Two weddings and a conspiracy, 1572-1577
The 'bloody wedding' and the Baltic threat, 1572-80
The Papist conspiracy
Ch. 5. Protestant solidarity and the imperial crisis, 1577-1583
Catholic resurgence and protestant solidarity
Frederik II and the 'book of discord'
Prospects for a protestant alliance, 1577-83
Realignment
Ch. 6. The common cause, 1583-1585
Their ambitions have become as one
This manifestly wanton and devilish act
The English initiative, 1585
Ch. 7. The third peril, 1586-1588
To spare the blood of thousands
Towards Luneburg
The Dutch quagmire
I have little hope
Ch. 8. Retreat
The regency and isolationism
But our pious king of Denmark has passed over to God too soon ..