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Diversity & Dissent : Negotiating Religious Difference in Central Europe, 1500-1800.

Early modern Central Europe was the continent's most decentralized region politically and its most diverse ethnically and culturally. With the onset of the Reformation, it also became Europe's most religiously divided territory and potentially its most explosive in terms of confessional co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Louthan, Howard
Otros Autores: Cohen, Gary B., Szabo, Franz A. J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2011.
Colección:Austrian & Habsburg Studies, vol. 11.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Early modern Central Europe was the continent's most decentralized region politically and its most diverse ethnically and culturally. With the onset of the Reformation, it also became Europe's most religiously divided territory and potentially its most explosive in terms of confessional conflict and war. Focusing on the Holy Roman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, this volume examines the tremendous challenge of managing confessional diversity in Central Europe between 1500 and 1800. Addressing issues of tolerance, intolerance, and ecumenism, each chapter explores a facet of the c.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (252 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857451095
085745109X