TY - BOOK AU - Bireley,S.J.Robert TI - Religion and Politics in the Age of the Counterreformation: Emperor Ferdinand II, William Lamormaini, S.J., and the Formation of the Imperial Policy SN - 9781469610054 AV - DD189 .R455 1981 PY - 1981/// CY - Chapel Hill PB - The University of North Carolina Press KW - Counter-Reformation KW - Germany KW - Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 KW - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1578-1637 KW - Lamormaini, Wilhelm, 1570-1648 KW - Electronic Books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; 2; 2; b N2 - Confirming what historians have long suspected--that the influence of a court confessor could be crucial for the formation of policy--Bireley explores the relationship between Ferdinand and Lamormaini during the Thirty Years War. The author shows how Lamormaini planned for the restoration of Catholicism in Germany and documents in detail his influence on Ferdinand, his conflict with Ferdinand's first minister, and his relationships with other important figures in Vienna and Rome. Originally published in 1981 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=552015&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -