Editing Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (section)

==Sources==
*Bolton, Henry Carrington (1904). [https://archive.org/details/folliesofscience00boltrich ''The Follies of Science at the Court of Rudolph II, 1576–1612''], Milwaukee: Pharmaceutical Review Publishing Co., 1904. From [[Internet Archive]] Inaccurate and misleading
*Evans, R. J. W. (1973). ''Rudolf II and his world: A study in intellectual history, 1576–1612''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2nd ed, 1984. Considered the fundamental re-evaluation of Rudolf.
*[[A. L. Rowse|Rowse, A. L.]] (1977). ''Homosexuals in History: Ambivalence in Society, Literature and the Arts''. MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. {{ISBN|0-02-605620-8}}
* [[Howard Hotson]]. "Rudolf II", in ''Encyclopedia of the Renaissance'', ed. Paul Grendler. Vol. 5. {{ISBN|0-684-80514-6}}
*[[Peter Marshall (author, born 1946)|Marshall, Peter]] (2006). ''The Magic Circle of Rudolf II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague''. {{ISBN|0-8027-1551-6}}. Also published as ''The Theatre of the World: Alchemy, Astrology and Magic in Renaissance Prague'' (in the UK, {{ISBN|0-436-20521-1}}; in Canada, {{ISBN|0-7710-5690-7}}); and in paperback as ''The Mercurial Emperor: The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague'' (2007) {{ISBN|978-1-84413-537-0}}. Biography, focusing on the many artists and scientists Rudolf patronized.
*[[Hugh Trevor-Roper|Trevor-Roper, Hugh]]; ''Princes and Artists, Patronage and Ideology at Four Habsburg Courts 1517–1633'', Thames & Hudson, London, 1976, {{ISBN|0-500-23232-6}}
*[[Philippe Malgouyres]]; ''La Science de l’émerveillement. Artistes et intellectuels à la cour de Rodolphe II (1552-1612)'', Paris, Mare & Martin, 2025, {{ISBN|978-2-36222-125-5}}