Religious War and Religious Peace in Early Modern Europe

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ID23178665
AuthorsWayne P Te Brake (Purchase College, corresponding author)
Year2017
Publication date2017-01-11
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueReligious War and Religious Peace in Early Modern Europe (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781316104859
OpenAlexW2576610182
Open LibraryOL34722906M
ISBN9781316104859
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Religious War and Religious Peace in Early Modern Europe presents a novel account of the origins of religious pluralism in Europe. Combining comparative historical analysis with contentious political analysis, it surveys six clusters of increasingly destructive religious wars between 1529 and 1651, analyzes the diverse settlements that brought these wars to an end, and describes the complex religious peace that emerged from two centuries of experimentation in accommodating religious differences. Rejecting the older authoritarian interpretations of the age of religious wars, the author uses traditional documentary sources as well as photographic evidence to show how a broad range Europeans - from authoritative elites to a colorful array of religious 'dissenters' - replaced the cultural 'unity and purity' of late-medieval Christendom with a variable and durable pattern of religious diversity, deeply embedded in political, legal, and cultural institutions.

Archaeology · Authoritarianism · Democracy · Diversity (politics) · Epistemology · Human settlement · Pluralism (philosophy) · Political science · Politics · Religious conflict · Religious controversies · Religious diversity · Religious pluralism · Religious violence · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Christianity and politics · Church history · Europe · Military · Military history · politics and government · Religious aspects · Religious tolerance · Social conflict · War · War, religious aspects

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