Shifting between Religious and Economic Leadership

This article looks how eighteenth century rulers shift back and forth between ecclesiastical and worldly leadership to obtain their goals. The setting is the small ecclesiastical and abbatial Principality of Stavelot-Malmédy during the election of its prince-abbot in 1787. This principality became i...

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Main Author: Serruys, Michael-W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Church history and religious culture
Year: 2015, Volume: 95, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 274-292
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Joseph II Holy Roman Empire, Emperor 1741-1790 / Barthel, Johann Kaspar 1697-1771 / Liège / Abbot / Vote
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBD Benelux countries
KDB Roman Catholic Church
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B Austrian Netherlands Prince-bishopric of Liège Principality of Stavelot-Malmédy Joseph II abbatial election Johann Kaspar Barthel transit policy leadership
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Summary:This article looks how eighteenth century rulers shift back and forth between ecclesiastical and worldly leadership to obtain their goals. The setting is the small ecclesiastical and abbatial Principality of Stavelot-Malmédy during the election of its prince-abbot in 1787. This principality became increasingly entangled in the geopolitical-ecclesiastical rivalries between the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-bishopric of Liège. Although this election has been studied before, little attention was given to the way leadership was influenced and how it reacted to these ecclesiastic and economic constraints. The archival sources can be found in the Archives générales du Royaume in Brussels (Conseil des Finances), Archives de l’état à Liège (États du Pays de Liège et du Comté de Looz, Abbaye de Stavelot-Malmédy, Principauté de Stavelot-Malmédy) and the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv in Vienna (Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv).
ISSN:1871-2428
Contains:In: Church history and religious culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09502003