Reason of State, Stände and Estates in German and English Exchanges over the Crisis in the Palatinate, 1618-1624

Mark Alexander Hutchinson

doi:10.1017/rqx.2022.438

Reason of State, Stände and Estates in German and English Exchanges over the Crisis in the Palatinate, 1618-1624

Mark Alexander Hutchinson

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Abstract

When in 1619 Frederick V of the Palatinate accepted the crown of Bohemia, he justified his political action that challenged the authority of Emperor Ferdinand II and precipitated the Thirty Years' War by the need to uphold the public order, rights and responsibilities embodied by “the estates” of the Reich. English engagements with the German vocabulary of “estates” drew upon the concept of “reason of state”— those amoral political calculations needed to maintain a group’s “estate” or standing. The article examines the significance of these differences in vocabularies of “estates” and “state.”

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	215-257
Number of pages	43
Journal	Renaissance Quarterly
Volume	77
Issue number	1
Early online date	24 Apr 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/rqx.2022.438
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 24 Apr 2024

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Keywords

Stände
estates
state
reason of state
Holy Roman Empire
England
Thirty Years' War

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