Kaplan, Benjamin J.,

Divided by faith : religious conflict and the practice of toleration in early modern Europe / Benjamin J. Kaplan. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap, ©2007. - 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations - ACLS Humanities E-Book Series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Obstacles -- A holy zeal -- Corpus christianum -- Flashpoints -- One faith, one law, one king -- Arrangements -- The gold coin -- Crossing borders -- Fictions of privacy -- Sharing churches, sharing power -- Interactions -- A friend to the person -- Transgressions -- Infidels -- Changes -- Enlightenment.

As religious violence flares around the world, we are confronted with an acute dilemma: can people coexist in peace when their basic beliefs are irreconcilable? Benjamin Kaplan responds by taking us back to early modern Europe, when the issue of religious toleration was no less pressing than it is today.


English.

9780674039308 0674039300

10.4159/9780674039308 doi




Religious tolerance--History.--Europe
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
Religion.
Religious tolerance.


Europe--Church history.
Europe--Religion.
Europe.


Electronic books.
Church history.
History.

BR145.3 / .K37 2007eb

274.06