Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004617797
Series Statement:
European History and Culture - Book Archive pre-2000 13
Content:
Twice in the decade before the Thirty Years' War the Jülich-Kleve succession placed Europe on the verge of war. Located along the Rhine River on the borders of the divided Netherlands, the Jülich-Kleve duchies possessed great political, economic, and religious importance which attracted the interest of all the major European powers of the day. Yet despite the strategic location of the duchies and the international involvement in the succession disputes, diplomacy triumphed, and war was averted. This book examines the Jülich-Kleve succession crises from a wide, international perspective in order to explain how the thorny succession disputes could be successfully resolved through diplomacy. In so doing, this book reevaluates the significance not only of the Jülich-Kleve succession but also of international relations on the eve of the Thirty Years' War
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780391040922
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe On the Verge of War : International Relations and the Jülich-Kleve Succession Crises (1609-1614) Leiden : Brill, 1999 ISBN 9780391040922
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004617797
