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Untitled [Matthew O'brien on the Winter King: Frederick V Of Brennan Pursell. The Winter King: Frederick V of the Palatinate and the Coming of the Thirty Years' War. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003. xv + 320 pp. $89.95, cloth, ISBN 978-0-7546-3401-0. Reviewed by Matthew O'Brien Published on H-German (September, 2004) Scholarship and general works on the Thirty ing religious and political factors together, fought Years' War have long placed religion at the fore‐ within the Holy Roman Empire" (p. 2). In this front of causes leading to the breakdown of the vein, Pursell follows those who view the Thirty fragile confessional status quo in the Holy Roman Years' War as part of the process of the expanding Empire, which had been held in place since the state. Peace of Augsburg in 1555. Other factors, such as Pursell provides a new understanding of the relationship between the emperor, territorial Frederick V. He does this by demonstrating how rulers, and estates, are accorded a secondary role Frederick was the architect of his own destiny. in this regard. Brennan Pursell attempts to re‐ Previous research has marginalized the Elector dress the primacy of religion in bringing about Palatine as the dupe of, among others, his advisor, the war by an examination of the role of constitu‐ Christian of Anhalt; his uncle, the French Calvinist tionalism in the Holy Roman Empire. He does this leader, the Duke of Bouillon; and his court chap‐ by offering a fresh look at the role of Frederick V lain, Abraham Scultetus. This cabal, according to of the Palatinate, arguing that Frederick's actions the older view, sought to manipulate the revolt of through the Bohemian Crisis and his acceptance the Bohemian estates against the Archduke Ferdi‐ of the Bohemian throne in 1619 to his attempts at nand to place Frederick on the Bohemian throne-- restoring his Palatine titles and lands until his as a possible candidate to the Imperial throne. death in 1632 were largely motivated by his views This placement was the culmination of a long- on the constitutional nature of the Holy Roman standing, Calvinist-oriented Palatine policy Empire and were influenced to a lesser degree by against what Calvinists perceived as the anti- his confessional fervor. Pursell wishes to prove Christ, Rome, and its forces, the Habsburgs. through a close examination of Frederick¹s per‐ Pursell presents Frederick as the standard-bearer sonal, political, and diplomatic correspondence for all, Protestant and Catholic alike, who sought "that it is best to understand [the Thirty Years¹ to prevent the Habsburgs from establishing an ab‐ War] as an extended constitutional confict, entail‐ H-Net Reviews solute monarchy over the Holy Roman Empire, renounce any right to Bohemia. Pursell portrays and Frederick is seen as the champion of the Bo‐ Frederick in response as a man whose honor hemian estates to maintain an elective monarchy. could not allow him to submit. Again and again, Pursell claims that neither group held complete Pursell describes how Frederick shaped his ac‐ control over Frederick and his decision-making. tions with an eye towards his dignity as a prince, Anhalt was most often away from the Palatine an ideal that blinded him to reality. It is here that court at Heidelberg, thus, Pursell believes, not Pursell provides the key to understanding Freder‐ having the close contact necessary to direct policy. ick. From the beginning of the Bohemian Crisis, Bouillon counseled his nephew to decline the Bo‐ Frederick, Pursell writes, "manifested a character hemian throne and feared the reprisal of the king that would contribute much to the Thirty Years' of France should he give direct military assistance War: his tendency to believe what he wished and to Frederick thereafter. Scultetus was no clerical to expect what he hoped for, in other words, an firebrand. Instead, Pursell demonstrates that Scul‐ inability to distinguish the probable from the pos‐ tetus often preached religious toleration and uni‐ sible" (p. 73). All these judgments may point not to ty among Protestants and discussed the Bohemian a man of frm decision but perhaps one who was Crisis with Frederick only after Frederick had ac‐ unsure of his own capabilities, seeking advice cepted the throne. from those he thought would be favorable to his Pursell is interested in showing how Freder‐ own desires and rejecting that from those who ick V "was usually in control of his affairs and de‐ would dash them. termined the formation of his policy" (p. 19). Of While Pursell admits to Frederick's limita‐ course, Frederick must bear fnal responsibility tions in intellect and vision, at times he places too for his actions. Yet in determining those decisions, little emphasis on the importance of Frederick's Frederick continued to rely upon the advice and connections to others. Frederick's close blood ties counsel of those who would validate them. And to the British and Danish kings and the Dutch Re‐ Frederick chose to ignore the advice of those who public, as well as his leadership of the Protestant would not. It was only after Anhalt's urging accep‐ Union, made him more attractive as a candidate tance that Frederick assented to the offer of the to the Bohemian estates than his individual quali‐ throne from the Bohemian estates. It was to ties. His election as king, the estates hoped, would Sedan, the seat of his uncle, that Frederick retreat‐ bring others to aid in Bohemia's constitutional ed to gather forces to protect the Palatinate. And wrangle with the Habsburgs. Pursell carefully re‐ though Pursell states that Scultetus did not have a constructs the constitutional arguments the Bo‐ direct hand in decisions such as acceptance of the hemian estates used to legitimize their refutation Bohemian offer or reform of the cathedral of St. of Ferdinand's election and their selection of Fred‐ Vitus in Prague, the author gives every indication erick. At its core, though, that constitutional con‐ that the chaplain wholeheartedly approved them. flict emerged for religious reasons. The Bohemian Pursell does an excellent job at demonstrating estates chose Frederick, Elector Palatine, as Bo‐ how Frederick was at loggerheads with his father- hemian king, because he was a Protestant prince in-law, James I of England. Frederick's actions with ties to other Protestant rulers and princes, threatened James's policy of irenicism. The Eng‐ thus clearly linking a local conflict to a wider lish king believed that by accepting the Bohemian Protestant cause against a resurgent Catholicism throne, Frederick usurped it from Ferdinand of led by an expansive Habsburg policy. Pursell quite Habsburg. Thereafter, James proved reluctant to rightly shows that confessional conflicts, such as provide military assistance to his son-in-law, in‐ the Juelich-Kleves succession, did not inevitably stead exhorting him to submit to the emperor and lead to war. Nonetheless, religious policies, such 2 H-Net Reviews as those pursued by the Archduke Ferdinand in rather than religious motives is intriguing. It Styria, and conflicts, such as that over Juelich- might also have been a sign of his desperation. By Kleves, and more importantly, that over the Letter 1623 Frederick had lost not only Bohemia but also of Majesty in Bohemia in the years leading up to his Palatine title and lands. He looked to any quar‐ 1618, made war probable. ter, even the Muslim Turk, for help at restoring Pursell does not want to separate constitu‐ his titles and lands. tional conflict over the liberties of estates, territo‐ Pursell compartmentalizes Frederick's Calvin‐ rial princes, and the extent of the power of the ist faith so that it confirms rather than drives his emperor from their religious context, but he seeks politics. He concludes that Frederick's "faith ce‐ to separate constitutional and religious motiva‐ mented his constitutional convictions" (p. 293). tions in Frederick--not always convincingly. Reli‐ One expression of certitude was Frederick's belief gious conviction remained an integral part of in the providential hand of God working in the Frederick's character. Pursell reminds the reader world. Pursell points out that providentialism was that throughout Frederick's many trials and tribu‐ a belief shared across the confessional spectrum. lations, his faith provided him with stability and Indeed, Ferdinand accounted his deliverance to consistency in the righteousness of his cause. Yet, the workings of providence. It did more though to Pursell also wishes to prove that Frederick could fortify Frederick's cause as a Protestant cause "make political decisions without giving great than a constitutional one. His entreaties for help weight to their clergymen's enmities" (p. 34). Fred‐ from James and his correspondence with other erick's visit to the Anabaptist community outside Protestant princes, such as Bethlen Gabor, are in‐ Prague and acceptance of their gifts, his overtures fused with references to how his actions were to rulers such as the Catholic Duke of Savoy and part of a divine plan and how the will of God even the Ottoman sultan to join with him against worked in his favor. These appeals to a common the emperor, and the lack of reform along Calvin‐ religious cause and the righteousness of that ist lines of the churches of Bohemia with the ex‐ cause formed bonds for any coalition for Freder‐ ception of St. Vitus Cathedral and the Jesuit ick. Constitutional issues over the liberties of es‐ church in Brünn, Pursell asserts, all point to a tates and territorial rulers and the prerogative of pragmatism devoid of religious zealotry. This may the emperor provided the glue that held the reli‐ be so. Another interpretation could highlight that gious bonds together. These were not as evident the short duration of Frederick's tenure in Bo‐ until the Edict of Restitution in 1629.
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