Mercurial Monarch and His Magical Metropolis

In 1583 the Habsburg emperor Rudolf II established Prague as his Residenzstadt and thus shifted the political center of gravity within Central Europe to his Bohemian capital. As a result, the city emerged as the focus of Europe’s intellectual and creative universe. Rudolf, whose curiosity was legend...

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Main Author: Charlie Smith
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2020-11-01
Series:Central Europe
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Online Access:https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/cey/article/view/3043