anti-Hussite Crusades
Anton Schindling
Bohemian Reformation
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confessional conflict
confessional violence in early modern Europe
Confessional Wars
Demarcation
Demarcation Line
Early Modern
early modern Europe history
Early Modern Times
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European Religious Wars
Henry III
Holy Roman Empire
Humanitarian Aid
Hussite Revolution
Hussite Wars
Imperial Estates
interdisciplinary historiography
Kaspar Von Greyerz
Military Conicts
Protesting Estates
Religious Dierences
Religious Violence
religious violence analysis
Religious War
Religious Warfare
Schmalkaldic League
Schmalkaldic War
secularisation debate
state formation theory
Violated
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- ISBN 9781472427113
- Weight: 657g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 21 Dec 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In recent years religion has resurfaced amongst academics, in many ways replacing class as the key to understanding Europe's historical development. This has resulted in an explosion of studies revisiting issues of religious change, confessional violence and holy war during the early modern period. But the interpretation of the European wars of religion still remains largely defined by national boundaries, tied to specific processes of state building as well as nation building. In order to more thoroughly interrogate these concepts and assumptions, this volume focusses on terms repeatedly used and misused in public debates such as "religious violence" and "holy warfare" within the context of military conflicts commonly labelled "religious wars". The chapters not only focus on the role of religion, but also on the emerging state as a driver of the escalation of violence in the so-called age of religious war. By using different methodological and theoretical approaches historians, philosophers, and theologians engage in an interdisciplinary debate that contributes to a better understanding of the religio-political situation of early modern Europe and the interpretation of violent conflicts interpreted as religious conflicts today. By adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, new and innovative perspectives are opened up that question if in fact religion was a primary driving force behind these conflicts.
Harriet Rudolph is Professor of Modern History (Early Modern Times) at the University of Regensburg, Germany. Wolfgang Palaver is Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Dean of the School of Catholic Theology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. From 2007 to 2011 he was president of the 'Colloquium on Violence and Religion'. Dietmar Regensburger is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
