Religious Plurality at Princely Courts

<p> Early modern European monarchies legitimized their rule through dynasty and religion where ideally the divine right of the ruler corresponded with the official confession of the territory. It has thus been assumed that at princely courts only a single confession was present. However the reality of the confessionalization paradigm commonly involved more than one faith. <em>Religious Plurality at Princely Courts</em> explores the reverberations of bi-confessional or multi-confessional intra-Christian settings at courts on dynastic symbolic diplomatic artistic and theological levels addressing a significant neglected understanding of interreligious dialogue religious change and confessional blending. Incorporating perspectives across European studies such as domestic and international politics dynastic strategies the history of ideas women's and gender history and material culture the contributions to this volume highlight the intersections of religious plurality at court.</p>