The European Wars of Religion: An Interdisciplinary Reassessment of Sources, Interpretations, and Myths

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: HISTORICAL APPROACHES -- 1 Religion and Violence in the Hussite Wars -- 2 Religion, War, and Violence in the Swiss Confederation -- 3 Were the French Wars of Religion Really Wars of Religion? -- 4 Religious Wars in the Holy Roman Empire? From the Schmalkaldic War to the Thirty Years War -- 5 England's Wars of Religion: A Reassessment -- 6 Justifying Force in Early Modern Doctrines on Self-defence and Resistance -- PART II: APPROACHES FROM PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY