Montag, 25. April 2016, 17:15 - 19:00 iCal

197. Institutsseminar, Gábor Almási

Vulgar Machiavellism and Machiavellian Advice: Kaspar Schoppe and the Bohemian Revolt

Hörsaal des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung
Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien

Seminar, Workshop, Kurs

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Catholic publicist and Habsburg agent Kaspar Schoppe (1576–1649) was probably the most prolific author of political pamphlets in the early years of the Thirty Years’ War. Born into a Lutheran family and converted to Catholicism in Prague in 1597, this highly talented philolo-gist has been remembered mostly as “one of the attack dogs of Catholic erudition” or as a ruthless supporter of the Counter Reformation. This lecture presents Schoppe’s political thought and propaganda activity as reflected in his anonymous pamphlets written against the King of Bohemia, Frederick I, and a manuscript letter, in which he advised Emperor Ferdinand II on how to use the victory over the Bohemians after the Battle of White Moun-tain. While Schoppe’s activity as an agent and councillor was informed by Machiavellian po-litical thinking, he also started consciously fighting for Machiavelli’s rehabilitation, which be-came one of his life projects. The goal of the lecture is not only to highlight the authorship of important pamphlets and give a coherent interpretation of Schoppe’s Machiavellism, but also to call attention to Machiavelli’s influence in treating the Bohemian crisis.

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Veranstalter

Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung

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Kontakt

Stefanie Gruber
Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung
27206
stefanie.gruber@univie.ac.at

Erstellt am Montag, 11. April 2016, 16:21
Letzte Änderung am Dienstag, 12. April 2016, 14:09