Emperor Maximilian II.(Book Review) From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: August 1, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Canadian Journal of History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

by Paula Sutter Fichtner. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2001. xii, 344 pp. $45.00 US (cloth).

Almost two decades ago Professor Fichtner gave us the standard biography in English of the Habsburg emperor, Ferdinand 1. She has now written a sequel in the form of a biography of Ferdinand's son and successor, Maximilian II, who ruled as emperor from 1564 to 1576. One realizes that this project was not lightly undertaken. The lure of Maximilian is hardly irresistible. Fichtner opens her account with the admission that by virtually all standards he was a failure. At ...

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