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	RUDOLPH II. - LoveToKnow Article on RUDOLPH II. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		By this time the members of the Habsburg family were thoroughly alarmed at the indifference or incompetence of the emperor; and their anxieties were not diminished by the knowledge that he was in feeble health, was unmarried, and had refused to take any steps towards securing the election of a successor.
		Rudolph died at Prague, his usual place of residence, on the zoth of January 1612, and was succeeded as emperor by Matthias.
		Rudolph was a clever and cultured man, greatly interested in chemistry, alchemy, astronomy and astrology; he was a patron of Tycho Brahe and Kepler, and was himself something of a scholar and an artist.
	87.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RU/RUDOLPH_II_.htm (1528 words)

	RUDOLPH II - Online Information article about RUDOLPH II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Concurrently with the growth of this unrest Rudolph had become increasingly subject to attacks of depression and eccentricity, which were so serious as to amount almost to See also:
		Rudolph now sought the aid of the princes of the empire, and even of the Protestants; but he had met with no success in this direction when trouble arose in Bohemia.
		Prague, was again forced to cede a kingdom to his brother.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /RON_SAC/RUDOLPH_II.html (1226 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rudolph II of Austria
		Duke Rudolph II of Austria (born 1271, died May 10, 1290) was born as the younger son of Emperor Rudolph I of Habsburg.
		In 1282 he was became Duke of Austria and Styria jointly with his brother Albert I.
		His brother's failure to ensure that he would be adequately compensated was the reason for strife in the Habsburg family, which led to the assassination of Albert by Rudolph's son John Parricida in 1308.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rudolph-II-of-Austria (151 words)

	ipedia.com: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Rudolf II Habsburg was an emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
		His father was Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Bohe...
		He was born in Vienna on 18 July 1552, and died in Prague on 20 January 1612.
	www.ipedia.com /rudolf_ii__holy_roman_emperor.html (376 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: William, Abbot of Marmoutiers
		Archbishop Rudolph II of Tours, who on various occasions had violated the privileges of Marmoutiers, refused to acknowledge William as abbot or to give him the abbatial benediction unless he would not only swear allegiance to him but also confirm his oath by placing his right hand in that of the archbishop.
		Ivo, Bishop of Chartres, in a letter to Paschal II (P.L., CLXII, 126-7), sided with the abbot.
		In 1106 William took part in the synod of Poitiers, and in 1107 he received the Abbey of Cellen-Brie from the Bishop of Meaux.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15629c.htm (254 words)

	Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Recent Acquisitions 1998
		The volume was apparently assembled by a singer at the court of Emperor Rudolph II at Prague.
		Since Regnart and Sales were themselves tenors at Rudolph's court, it is possible that the collection may have been made by one of them.
		Their collection was exhibited at museums throughout the United States, and in 1973, when the United States Information Agency arranged the first American-organized exhibit of American art to travel behind the Iron Curtain since World War II, the Stenzels contributed four paintings to the seventy-one works included in the exhibit.
	www.library.yale.edu /beinecke/brblinfo/brblguide_1998.html (6012 words)

	Voynich MS - References and Web Sites
		Bauer, R. and H. Haupt: Das Kunstkammerinventar Kaiser Rudolfs II.
		Evans, R.J.W.: Rudolf II and his world, a study in intellectual history 1576-1612, Oxford University Press, 1973
		>> Rafal T. Prinke's Voynich MS pages with emphasis on the history of the MS during the reign of Rudolf II of Bohemia and a rebuttal of the suggestion that Dee had anything to do with the MS.
	www.voynich.nu /refs.html (1720 words)

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