The volume contains the official correspondence between the Papal Nuncios at the Imperial Court and the Roman Curia from a dramatic period during the Thirty Years War. The period covers the wars over the dukedoms of Mantua and Monferrat and the subsequent peace negotiations. For the Empire, it is the time of transition from the victorious first phase of the drawn-out war to the catastrophic defeats after the Swedish landings in Pommerania and Wallenstein's dismissal at the Imperial Diet of 1630 in Regensburg.
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The volume contains the official correspondence between the Papal Nuncios at the Imperial Court and the Roman Curia from a dramatic period during t...
This edition fills the earlier gaps in the Nunciature reports from 1628 to 1635. In addition to the Papal diplomatic correspondence from the particularly dramatic period at the end of the Wallenstein era and subsequent military events, it also offers an overall view about a period of tense relations between the papacy and the Imperial Court of Ferdinand II.
This edition fills the earlier gaps in the Nunciature reports from 1628 to 1635. In addition to the Papal diplomatic correspondence from the partic...