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

Olsen, E.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-11-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403903259

DOI: 10.1057/9780230597143

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 186