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Renaissance Vienna Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I Where to See
The German artist Albrecht
Dürer (1471–1528) paid Renaissance Vienna
Under Maximilian I, Vienna was transformed into a centre for homage to Maximilian I in
the arts. The Habsburgs were invariably elected Holy Roman a famous volume of The Schweizertor (see p99)
Emperor, and by the 16th century their mighty empire had engravings, which in the Hofburg is the most
expanded into Spain, Holland, Burgundy, Bohemia and included this design colourful surviving remnant
of Renaissance Vienna, though
for a triumphal arch.
Hungary. But it was under constant threat: from Turkish the Salvatorkapelle portal
attacks, the plague, and disputes between Protestants and Philip I married (p87) surpasses it in elegance.
Catholics that destabilized the city until the Jesuits Juana of Castile and Also in the Hofburg is the
spearheaded the Counter-Reformation. Extent of the City Aragon in 1496 and Renaissance Stallburg (p95).
Some courtyards, such as
1600 Today acquired Spain. those at No. 7 Bäckerstrasse
(p81) and the Mollard-Clary
Palace (p96), preserve a few
The Family of Renaissance features.
Maximilian I
Painted by Bernhard
Strigel around 1520, this
portrait can be read as
a document of how, by
marrying into prominent
European families, the
Habsburg families were
able to gain control of
almost half of Europe.
Book Illustration
This Renaissance war wagon
(1512) is from Maximilian I’s
collection of books of Mary of Burgundy was
engravings and illustrations. married to Maximilian I
and was Duchess of the
Maximilian I married Burgundian domains.
Mary of Burgundy in
1477 and acquired the The Schweizertor, built in
Burgundian domains. the 16th century, forms the
entrance to the Schweizerhof
Viennese Enamel Casket of the Hofburg (p99).
This ornate enamel and crystal
casket is typical of the skilful
craftsmanship practised in
Vienna in the 16th century.
Alte Burg
Imperial Crown The medieval core of the
This beautiful crown was made by Ferdinand I married Anna Karl V inherited Spain from Hofburg was constantly
Bohemian craftsmen in 1610 for of Bohemia and Hungary, his mother, Juana of Castile being rebuilt. This
Rudolf II and can now be seen in the and inherited Bohemia in and Aragon, in 1516. engraving shows its
Hofburg Treasuries (see pp102–3). 1526. It was a Habsburg appearance in the late 15th
domain until 1918. century, before Ferdinand I
had it rebuilt in the 1550s.

1519 Karl V inherits Burgundy titles and is 1556 Karl V’s son, 1618
elected Holy Roman Emperor; his brother Philip II, inherits 1571 Protestant 1571 Protestant Medallion Bohemian 1643 Swedish forces
Medallion
1516 Maximilian’s Ferdinand I becomes Austria’s archduke Spain; Ferdinand I Maximilian II allows Maximilian II allows rebellion 1629 Plague threaten Vienna
commem-
grandson, Karl V, takes Bohemia, religious freedom; religious freedom; commem- starts Thirty claims 30,000 lives 1673–9 War with
orating
inherits Spain 1533 Ferdinand I moves his Austria, Hungary, 80% of city is 80% of city is orating France over the
Maximilian II
court to the Hofburg in Vienna Maximilian II Years’ War Low Countries
and imperial title ProtestantProtestant
1500 1520 1540 1560 15801580 1600 1620 1640 1660
1498 Emperor Suleiman the 1541 1572 Spanish Riding 1598–1618 Protestantism 1621 Jews
Maximilian I founds Magnificent Plague School founded is banned expelled from
Vienna Boys’ Choir
1529 Graf Niklas Salm 1551 Jesuits start 1577 Protestant 1620 Ferdinand II defeats Protestant 1620 Ferdinand II defeats Protestant inner city
1490 Hungarians expelled vanquishes Turkish Counter- services forbidden Bohemian aristocracy; Counter-Reformation Bohemian aristocracy; Counter-Reformation 17th-century
from Vienna army besieging Vienna Reformation by Rudolf II spreads throughout Habsburg domainsspreads throughout Habsburg domains French infantry
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