RUDOLF II

1552–1612, Holy Roman emperor (1576–1612), king of Bohemia (1575–1611) and of Hungary (1572–1608), son and successor of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II. Acceding to the Hapsburg lands, he reversed his father's tolerant policy toward Protestantism and gave assistance to the Counter Reformation. Although Rudolf was a learned man, he was incapable of ruling because he was plagued by melancholy and later became subject to occasional fits of insanity. Other members of his family began to intervene in imperial affairs. Following a revolt in Hungary (1604–6) by Stephen Bocskay and his Ottoman allies, most of the actual ruling power passed to Rudolf's brother Matthias; the revolt was provoked by Rudolf's attempt to impose Roman Catholicism in Hungary. In 1608, Matthias forced Rudolf to cede Hungary, Austria, and Moravia to him. Seeking to gain the support of the Bohemian estates, Rudolf issued (1609) a royal charter that guaranteed religious freedom to the nobles and cities. This effort was in vain, and Rudolf was forced to give up Bohemia to Matthias in 1611. Rudolf's turbulent reign was a prelude to the Thirty Years War.

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Rudolf Otto: An Introduction to His Philosophical Theology
Book by Philip C. Almond; University of North Carolina Press, 1984
Subjects: Otto, Rudolf--1869-1937
Rudolf Otto -ii- Rudolf Otto An Introduction to His Philosophical Theology Philip...English": p. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Otto, Rudolf, 1869-1937. I. Title. II. Series: Studies in religion Chapel Hill, N.C. BL43.08A65...
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Rudolf Serkin: A Life
Book by Stephen Lehmann, Marion Faber; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Pianists--Biography, Serkin, Rudolf--1903-
...Discography: p. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-513046-4 1. Serkin, Rudolf, 1903-1991 2. Pianists-Biography. I. Faber, Marion. II. Title. ML4r7.S46 L44 2003 786.2092-dC21 2002002384 135798642 2 Printed in the United...
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The Philosophy of Rudolf Carnap
Book by Paul Arthur Schilpp; Open Court, 1963
Subjects: Carnap, Rudolf--1891-1970
...THE PHILOSOPHY OF RUDOLF CARNAP -ii- -iii- THE LIBRARY...Decisions 81 II. DESCRIPTIVE AND CRITICAL...THE PHILOSOPHY OF RUDOLF CARNAP...RUDOLF CARNAP: "Replies and...II. Metaphysics, Realism...
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Existence and Faith: Shorter Writings of Rudolf Bultmann
Book by Schubert M. Ogden, Rudolf Bultmann; Meridian Books, 1960
Subjects: Theology
...overwhelmingly positive significance, this is a correct impression. II Having attempted to introduce Bultmanns work in a somewhat...note of unity -- to see God in this confusion of forces? II If we want to see God, then the first thing we should say to...
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Frederik II and the Protestant Cause: Denmark's Role in the Wars of Religion, 1559-1596
Book by Paul Douglas Lockhart; Brill, 2004
Subjects: Denmark--Foreign Relations--1448-1660, Frederick--Ii--King Of Denmark And Norway--1534-1588, Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
FREDERICK II AND THE PROTESTANT CAUSE THE NORTHERN WORLD...PRZEMYSLAW URBANCZYK (Warsaw) VOLUME 10 FREDERIK II AND THE PROTESTANT CAUSE Denmarks Role...2004 Illustration on the cover: Frederik II, bearing sword and scales, and behind the...
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From Cautiousness to Decisiveness: Changes in Soviet Negotiation Tactics toward the British during World War II
Journal article by Arieh J. Kochavi; East European Quarterly, Vol. 36, 2002
Subjects: British foreign relations, Great Britain (World War II), International negotiations, Soviet Union (World War II), Soviet foreign relations
...the British during World War II. by Arieh J. Kochavi...Britain for not putting on trial Rudolf Hess, Hitlers deputy who had...war against Hitlerite Germany. (ii) They further undertake that...World War (London, 1971), vol. II, 14. (2.) Francis L. Loewenheim...
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Reject Aeneas, Accept Pius: Selected Letters of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II)
Journal article by Emily O'Brien; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Reject Aeneas, Accept Pius: Selected Letters of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II) (Book)--Book reviews
...travelled from conciliarism to papalism. Culled and translated from Rudolf Wolkans now-rare Latin edition of Piuss pre-papal correspondence...Pius: Selected Letters of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II) offers a detailed portrait of one of Renaissance Europes most...
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Dr Ernst Leitz II of Wetzlar and the People He Helped during the Shoah: Research in Progress
Journal article by Frank Dabba Smith; European Judaism, Vol. 40, 2007
Subjects: Camera industry--Officials and employees, Leitz, Ernst, II--Political activity, Leitz, Ernst, II--Social aspects, Philanthropy--Political aspects
...was arrested in January 1939. Ernst Leitz II immediately went to Berlin in order to complain...affairs, the office of Vice-Chancellor Rudolf Hess and the Gestapo...attitudes. (47) ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Ernst Leitz II consulted his contact Oberregierungsrat...
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Peter Burkhart with Christine Sauer, Die Gotischen Handschriften der Wurttembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, II: Vom Spaten 13. Bis Zum Fruhen 15. Jahrhundert
Journal article by Jeffrey F. Hamburger; Medium Aevum, Vol. 76, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Die gotischen Handschriften der Wurttembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, II: Vom spaten 13, bis zum fruhen 15, Jahrhundert (Book)--Book reviews
...Handschriften der Wurttembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, II: Vom spaten 13. bis zum fruhen 15. Jahrhundert, Katalog der illuminierten...the manuscripts from Mergentheim include an Altes Passional, Rudolf von Emss Weltchronik (HB XIII 6), attributed to Lower Austria...
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Rudolf Steiner as a Social Thinker
Journal article by Christopher Schaefer; Re-vision, Vol. 15, 1992
Subjects: Consciousness
...Publications. ------. 1977 . Toward social renewal . London: Rudolf Steiner Press. ------. 1979 . Die tempel legende und die goldene...Routledge. Windelband, W. 1958 . A history of philosophy . Vol. II. New York: Harper Torchbooks.
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Rudolf II and Prague
Magazine article by Michael Ratcliffe; New Statesman, Vol. 126, August 29, 1997
Subjects: Arts and society--Social aspects, Painting, European--Analysis
Rudolf II and Prague by Michael Ratcliffe...and the identity of those promoting them. Rudolf II and Prague, the largest show ever mounted...from the Jewish museum) is the highlight of Rudolf II and Prague. The paintings - varnished, naughty...
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Dance Scape Nureyev
Magazine article by Richard Philp; Dance Magazine, Vol. 77, June 2003
Subjects: Ballerinas--Biography, Ballet dancers, Nureyev, Rudolf--Influence
...best--or their worst--on the already weathered marble bust of Rudolf Nureyevs reputation. Ten years after his death in Paris at age...Siberia; raised in the margins of a nation torn apart by World War II and the Cold War; early recognition in the world-famous school...
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Twenty Who Made Their Mark under Thirty: A Historical Look at the Great Gay and Lesbian Prodigies in the Arts
Magazine article by John Weir; The Advocate, August 19, 1997
Subjects: Actors--Behavior, Authors--Behavior, Colette--Behavior, Composers--Behavior, Dancers--Behavior, Gays--Behavior, Gifted persons--Behavior, Hudson, Rock--Behavior, Lesbians--Behavior, Nureyev, Rudolf--Behavior, Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich--Behavior, Thomson, Virgil--Behavior, Writers--Behavior
...became ill, retreating to his home in Tucson, where he died. Like Rudolf Nureyev, Liberace, Perry Ellis, and a number of other celebrities...discussed his orientation. Leaping over the Iron Curtain Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) When Nureyev danced in London for the...
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Germans near Election with Troubled Zeitgeist
Magazine article by Jamie Dettmer; Insight on the News, Vol. 10, June 6, 1994
Subjects: Christian Democratic Union (Germany)--Political activity, German reunification question (1949-1990)--Social aspects, Germany--Politics and government, Gysi, Gregor--Political activity, Kohl, Helmut--Political activity, Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)--Political activity, Scharping, Rudolf--Political activity, Social Democratic Party (Germany)--Political activity, Steiner, Rudolph--Attitudes
...Wessis also responded with euphoria. The wounds from World War II would be healed and there would be a final vergangenheitsbewaltigung...could poison the future. "There are still two Germanys," says Rudolf Steiner, a Berlin-based filmmaker who escaped from the East in...
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Shop Stewards: Der Spiegel's Employee-Owners Gave Their Boss the Boot. Now They Must Prove They Can Revive the Venerable German Magazine
Magazine article by Konstantin Richter; Columbia Journalism Review, Vol. 47, May-June 2008
Subjects: Aust, Stefan--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Der Spiegel (Periodical)--History, Periodical editors--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Periodical publishing--Human resource management, SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung und Company KG--Human resource management
...a legacy from the 1970s when the owner, Rudolf Augstein, bequeathed half of the companys...Launched by the Allies after World War II, Der Spiegel introduced U.S.-style investigative...gave more room to softer issues. "Germany II," the news department responsible for nonpolitical...
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It's Friday! Books for Christmas; Character Parts: (Clockwise from Top Left) Posy Simmonds (Graphic Novel), Rudolf Nureyev Gecko (Natural History), Arthur Conan Doyle (Literary Biography), Edward Burra (Visual Arts), with Margot Fonteyn (Performing Arts), Eric Clapton (Celebrity Biography), Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell (Politics), and Fatty Batter (Humour)
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 30, 2007
Subjects: Celebrities
...going AWOLpetty criminal Eddie Chapman turned his reckless duplicity to his advantage bybecoming a double agent in World War II. Signed up by the Nazis, he sold hisservices to MI5 on his very first mission to England, then duped his Germanspymasters so successfully...
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World War Ii
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 21, 2004
...superpower to be respected and honored. 1939 Sept. 1: World War II begins when Germany invades Poland, using a new technique of...hunt down and sink the German battleship Bismarck. May 10: Rudolf Hess, Hitlers deputy, flies solo to Scotland hoping to reach...
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Final Proof My Father Had No Part in Hess Peace Plot
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 9, 2004
Subjects: Hess, Rudolf
...Father Had No Part in Hess Peace Plot. Byline: DAVID CONNOR WHEN Rudolf Hess parachuted into the Scottish countryside, his bizarre mission was shrouded...Britain a disservice by maintaining excessive secrecy with regard to World War II documents.
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Pandas and Politics; How Exotic Creatures Shaped History
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 3, 2006
...Lorenzo himself. In her last few chapters, Ms. Belozerskaya explores the roots of our fascination with exotic beasts. Rudolf II, the king of Hungary and Bohemia who became Holy Roman Emperor in 1576, used his Royal Garden to house an impressive array...
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Travel: Czech, Bring Me the Waiter; It's Got History, Architecture, Defenestration, Great Beer, Irish-Cuban Bars and the Best Guidebook in the World. Prague, Says GEOFF HILL, Is Heaven without the Bother of Going to Church
Newspaper article by Geoff Hill; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), April 13, 2000
...in response to an advertisement by Rudolf II in Witch? Magazine for alchemists...dung beetle, wormed his way into Rudolfs confidence by translating bird warbles...a duel. The moustachioed Dane was Rudolfs mathematician for two years before...
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Rudolf II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RUDOLF II 1552 1612, Holy Roman emperor...Roman Emperor Maximilian II . Acceding to the Hapsburg...Counter Reformation . Although Rudolf was a learned man, he was incapable...actual ruling power passed to Rudolfs brother Matthias ; the revolt...
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Rudolf I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...counter the power of Charles I of Anjou in Italy. Rudolfs election was contested by the powerful King Ottocar II of Bohemia. Rudolf finally defeated Ottocar at Marchfeld (1278) and invested (1282) his own sons Albert (later King Albert I ) and...
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Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RUNDSTEDT, KARL RUDOLF GERD VON karl roo dolf gert f n roont shtet, 1875 1953, German field marshal. He proved his exceptional abilities in World War I. In World War II he commanded in the Polish campaign (1939), in the French campaign (1940...
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Thorbecke, Jan Rudolf
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
THORBECKE, JAN RUDOLF yan roo dolf tor bek , 1798 1872, Dutch statesman. An eminent jurist...politician of his day, he was one of the men appointed in 1848 by King William II to revise the constitution. Thorbecke was largely responsible for the final...
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Bergius, Friedrich Karl Rudolf
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BERGIUS, FRIEDRICH KARL RUDOLF 1884 1949, German chemist, Ph.D. Univ...G. Mannheim-Rheinau. Following World War II, he emigrated to Argentina, where he was...meet Germanys food needs during World War II. ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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