Experiences of exile in early modern Europe: the Palatine family and the Thirty Years’ War, 1632-48
<p>This thesis examines the experience of exiled royal and noble dynasties during the early modern period through a study of the electoral Palatine family during the mid-seventeenth century. By utilising a wide range of archival materials, including financial records, printed manifestos, and c...
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| description | <p>This thesis examines the experience of exiled royal and noble dynasties during the early modern period through a study of the electoral Palatine family during the mid-seventeenth century. By utilising a wide range of archival materials, including financial records, printed manifestos, and considerable quantities of diplomatic and personal correspondence, the work will examine the resources available to the Palatine exiles, as well as the ways in which they were employed in attempts to recover the lands and titles lost by elector Frederick V in the opening years of the Thirty Years’ War. In particular, the emphasis placed on conspicuous display and diplomatic recognition by contemporaries allows the work to comment on the important interplay of the ceremonial and the political in seventeenth-century Europe. The thesis not only contributes to the growing scholarship on exiled peoples in the early modern era, but also the Thirty Years’ War in general, as it covers the years between 1632 and 1648, a period which is greatly understudied in examinations of both the Palatine family and the European conflict. </p>
<p>By studying the experiences of exiled elites in early modern Europe, this work will also reveal the interplay of dynastic and political considerations in the high politics of the period. By assessing the belief of both exiled regimes and their extended family in the obligations produced by familial ties, and the subsequent impact this had on the policy-making of powerful European states, the thesis will demonstrate that dispossessed rulers and houses were not automatically rendered politically insignificant after losing their lands and titles. Although the Palatine family were driven into exile at the start of the Thirty Years’ War, the ‘Palatine Question’ remained one of the most divisive and important issues of the conflict, as well as in the Westphalian peace negotiations.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:8fa8d142-e761-4580-ab88-eb74c02a5b322022-11-18T16:27:42ZExperiences of exile in early modern Europe: the Palatine family and the Thirty Years’ War, 1632-48Thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:8fa8d142-e761-4580-ab88-eb74c02a5b32EnglishORA Deposit2019Pert, TTapsell, GWilson, P<p>This thesis examines the experience of exiled royal and noble dynasties during the early modern period through a study of the electoral Palatine family during the mid-seventeenth century. By utilising a wide range of archival materials, including financial records, printed manifestos, and considerable quantities of diplomatic and personal correspondence, the work will examine the resources available to the Palatine exiles, as well as the ways in which they were employed in attempts to recover the lands and titles lost by elector Frederick V in the opening years of the Thirty Years’ War. In particular, the emphasis placed on conspicuous display and diplomatic recognition by contemporaries allows the work to comment on the important interplay of the ceremonial and the political in seventeenth-century Europe. The thesis not only contributes to the growing scholarship on exiled peoples in the early modern era, but also the Thirty Years’ War in general, as it covers the years between 1632 and 1648, a period which is greatly understudied in examinations of both the Palatine family and the European conflict. </p> <p>By studying the experiences of exiled elites in early modern Europe, this work will also reveal the interplay of dynastic and political considerations in the high politics of the period. By assessing the belief of both exiled regimes and their extended family in the obligations produced by familial ties, and the subsequent impact this had on the policy-making of powerful European states, the thesis will demonstrate that dispossessed rulers and houses were not automatically rendered politically insignificant after losing their lands and titles. Although the Palatine family were driven into exile at the start of the Thirty Years’ War, the ‘Palatine Question’ remained one of the most divisive and important issues of the conflict, as well as in the Westphalian peace negotiations.</p> |
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