War and Religion after Westphalia, 1648–1713

War and Religion after Westphalia, 1648–1713
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 291
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781317000525
ISBN-13 : 1317000528
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Book Synopsis War and Religion after Westphalia, 1648–1713 by : David Onnekink

Download or read book War and Religion after Westphalia, 1648–1713 written by David Onnekink and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many historians consider the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648, to mark a watershed in European international relations. It is generally agreed that Westphalia brought to an end more than a century of religious conflicts and marked the beginning of a new era in which secular power politics was the prime motivating factor in international relations and warfare. The purpose of this volume is to question this assumption and reconceptualise the relationship between war, foreign policy and religion during the period 1648 to 1713. Some of the contributions to the volume directly challenge the idea that religion ceased to play a role in war and foreign policy. Others confirm the traditional view that religion did not play a dominant role after 1648, but seek to re-evaluate its significance and thereby redefine religious influences on policy in this period. By exploring this issue from various perspectives, the volume offers a unique opportunity to reassess the influence of religion in international politics. It also yields deeper insights into concepts of secularisation, and complements the research of many social and cultural historians who have begun to challenge the idea of a decline in the influence of religion in domestic politics and society. By matching the relationship between conflict and religion with this scholarship a more nuanced appreciation of the European situation begins to emerge.


War and Religion after Westphalia, 1648–1713 Related Books

War and Religion after Westphalia, 1648–1713
Language: en
Pages: 291
Authors: David Onnekink
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-03 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Many historians consider the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648, to mark a watershed in European international relations. It is gene
War and Religion After Westphalia, 1648-1713
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: David Onnekink
Categories: Christianity and international relations
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Early Modern Dutch Press in an Age of Religious Persecution
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: David de Boer
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-08-29 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered a
Religion and War from Antiquity to Early Modernity
Language: en
Pages: 513
Authors: Irene Polinskaya
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-11-28 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Responding to the profound challenges of our times, this book provides a comparative and cross-cultural exploration of the role of religion in war in a long his
Aspects of Violence in Renaissance Europe
Language: en
Pages: 301
Authors: Jonathan Davies
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-08 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Interest in the history of violence has increased dramatically over the last ten years and recent studies have demonstrated the productive potential for further