Juan de Borja en la corte de Rodolfo II y el asunto de la pacificación de los Países Bajos (1577-1579)
Juan de Borja in the court of Rodolfo II and the matter of the pacification of the Netherlands (1577-1579)

Author(s): Vojtěch Kroužil
Subject(s): Governance, Diplomatic history, Political history, International relations/trade, 16th Century
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: diplomacy; ambassadors; 16th century; Netherlands; Spain; the Imperial Court; Madrid; Vienna; Prague; the House of Habsburg; Juan de Borja; Rudolph II; Philip II; archduke Matthias;
Summary/Abstract: The study addresses the role of Juan de Borja, Spanish ambassador to the court of the Emperor Rudolph II in the years 1577-1581, in the matter of the pacification of Flanders during negotiations in Cologne. In this period at the imperial court very important international issues are settled. Firstly there are efforts to pacify the region of the Netherlands, where religion played its very important role. Juan de Borja noticed the danger of religious disagreement, also in the Empire and the Habsburg monarchy as one of the real threats of disintegration of the Christian world. The study focuses on the issue in the context of the dynastic union of the House of Austria. Presents the tolerant Dutch policy of Rudolph II, the critical political situation at the time of the Archduke Matthias government in the Netherlands and the pacification unresolved Cologne International Board.

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