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Author Te Brake, Wayne P., author

Title Religious war and religious peace in early modern Europe / Wayne P. Te Brake
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (416 pages)
Series Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
Contents Religion and violence, war and peace -- Part I. 1529-55 -- Wars and rumors of war -- Managing conflict, validating diversity -- The contours of religious peace I : Central Europe -- Part II. 1562-1609 -- Religious war unleashed -- An elusive peace -- Ending war, shaping peace -- The contours of religious peace II : Western Europe -- Part III. 1618-51 -- Climax and denouement -- Grudging consent -- The contours of religious peace III : the Continent -- The contours of religious peace IV : Great Britain -- Conclusion: Envisioning religious peace
Summary "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 of 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"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Religious pluralism -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
Religious pluralism -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
Christianity and politics -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
Christianity and politics -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
Social conflict -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
Social conflict -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
Religious tolerance -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
Religious tolerance -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
Christianity and politics
Religious pluralism
Religious tolerance
Social conflict
Religiöse Toleranz
Religionskrieg
Religionspolitik
Christentum
SUBJECT Europe -- Church history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045633
Europe -- History, Military -- 1492-1648. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97004941
Subject Europe
Europa
Genre/Form Church history
History
Military history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781316104859
1316104850
9781107088436
1107088437
9781107459229
1107459222