The Strategy of Papal Nuncios in the Sacred Space of Prague against the Backdrop of the Confessional Transformation of the City at the Turn of Seventeenth Century

Abstract

The nunciature at the imperial court in Prague at the turn of the seventeenth century represented an important power center for Catholicism. Nuncios carried out their mission at the level of diplomatic negotiations and effectively incorporated the sacred space of the mostly non-Catholic Prague into their strategy.