The Calabrian Charlatan, 1598-1603

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Messianic Nationalism in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern History: Society and Culture

ISBN: 1349508683
ISBN 13: 9781349508686
Autor: Olsen, E
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: x, 186 S., 6 s/w Illustr., 186 p. 6 illus.
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.11.2002
Auflage: 1/2003
Produktform: Kartoniert
Einband: KT
Artikelnummer: 9760951 Kategorie:

Beschreibung

In 1598 a man - branded the Calabrian Charlatan by his Spanish opponents - appeared in Venice claiming to be King Sebastian, the Portuguese monarch who disappeared in battle some twenty years before. Over the next five years Venetians, Spaniards, and Portuguese wrangled over the true character and identity of the man. Was he a lunatic? Was he an impostor? Was he a messianic king? Eric Olsen uses this strange event to explore Portuguese millenarianism and how a group of Portuguese rebels sought to exploit it to free their nation from Spain.

Autorenporträt

ERIC OLSEN is a recent graduate of the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught at Utah State University and in the European Division of the University of Maryland University College.

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