Queen Christina of Sweden and her Circle
| Author | : Susanna Åkerman |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 358 |
| Release | : 1991-07-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789004246706 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9004246703 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (703 Downloads) |
Download or read book Queen Christina of Sweden and her Circle written by Susanna Åkerman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1991-07-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and works of Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) have often been obscured behind a haze of Iurid myths and legends. This book looks again at her notorious abdication of 1654, seeing it against the background of her reputation as a "libertine", a heterodox religious thinker. Her subsequent conversion to Catholicism is therefore understood as a consequence of messianic and millenarian expectations during those turbulent years, and her bizarre attempt in 1657 to become the ruler of Naples is revealed to be the political wing of a comprehensive religious and intellectual philosophy.
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