European history: Renaissance

The Quakers were by far the most successful of the radical religious groups to emerge from the turbulence of the mid-seventeenth century--and their survival into the present day was largely facilitated by the transformation of the movement during its first fifty years.

In this book, historian Maria M.

The Thirty Years' War (1618-48) was Europe's most destructive conflict prior to the two world wars.

The Thirty Years' War (1618-48) was Europe's most destructive conflict prior to the two world wars.

While religious conflict receives plenty of attention, the everyday negotiation of religious diversity does not.

While religious conflict receives plenty of attention, the everyday negotiation of religious diversity does not.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace?

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace?

On 4 July 1187 the legendary Muslim leader Saladin destroyed the Crusader army of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem with a terrible slaughter at the battle of Hattin - and went on to restore the Holy City of Jerusalem to Islamic rule.

On 4 July 1187 the legendary Muslim leader Saladin destroyed the Crusader army of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem with a terrible slaughter at the battle of Hattin - and went on to restore the Holy City of Jerusalem to Islamic rule.

The relationship between religion, intolerance and conflict has been the subject of intense discussion, particularly in the wake of the events of 9-11 and the ongoing threat of terrorism.

The lands surrounding the Black Sea share a colourful past.

The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour.

The battle of Culloden lasted less than an hour.

Religion was thought to be part of the problem in Ireland and incapable of turning itself into part of the solution.

'Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out.

Crusading fervour gripped Europe for over 200 years, creating one of the most extraordinary, vivid episodes in world history.

'Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out.

Religious warfare has been a recurrent feature of European history.

Why is it that Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland have been in perpetual conflict for thirty years when they can live and prosper together elsewhere?

This volume explores the different ways that ethnic and religious diversity is conceptualized and debated in South and East Asia.

Crusading fervour gripped Europe for over 200 years, creating one of the most extraordinary, vivid episodes in world history.

The ways in which religious communities interact with one another is an increasing focus of scholarly research and teaching.

The ways in which religious communities interact with one another is an increasing focus of scholarly research and teaching.

The differences that divide West from East go deeper than politics, deeper than religion, argues Anthony Pagden.

Persecution of Christians in the Middle East has been a recurring theme since the middle of the nineteenth century.

Between 1850 and 1966, tens of thousands of Buddhist sacred sites in China were destroyed, victims of targeted destruction, accidental damage, or simply neglect.

Between 1850 and 1966, tens of thousands of Buddhist sacred sites in China were destroyed, victims of targeted destruction, accidental damage, or simply neglect.

At the heart of Montaigne's Essais lies a political conception of religious tolerance that we have largely forgotten today.

At the heart of Montaigne's Essais lies a political conception of religious tolerance that we have largely forgotten today.

Terrorism is an extreme form of radicalization.

Terrorism is an extreme form of radicalization.

When the civil war in Sri Lanka between Sinhala Buddhists and Tamils ended in 2009, many Sri Lankans and foreign observers alike hoped to see the re-establishment of relatively harmonious religious and ethnic relations among the various communities in the country.

When the civil war in Sri Lanka between Sinhala Buddhists and Tamils ended in 2009, many Sri Lankans and foreign observers alike hoped to see the re-establishment of relatively harmonious religious and ethnic relations among the various communities in the country.

Islamist militants based in Pakistan have played a major role in terrorism around the world and pose a significant threat to regional and international security.

Islamist militants based in Pakistan have played a major role in terrorism around the world and pose a significant threat to regional and international security.

The al-Qaeda Franchise asks why al-Qaeda adopted a branching-out strategy, introducing seven franchises spread over the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.

The early sixteenth century saw a major crisis in Christian-Jewish relations: the attempt to confiscate and destroy every Jewish book in Germany.

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While there exists no evidence to date that the indigenous inhabitants of Arabia knew of holy war prior to Islam, holy war ideas and behaviors appear already among Muslims during the first generation.

The al-Qaeda Franchise asks why al-Qaeda adopted a branching-out strategy, introducing seven franchises spread over the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.

Branded as "e;the new Falun Gong"e; by local authorities, The Church of Almighty God is the most persecuted religious movement in China today.

Branded as "e;the new Falun Gong"e; by local authorities, The Church of Almighty God is the most persecuted religious movement in China today.

'The experience of insecurity, it turned out, would shape one of the most remarkable monarchs in England's history' In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power.

From Cullen Murphy, editor at large of Vanity Fair, God's Jury is a chilling and powerful account of how the techniques used by the Spanish Inquisition created our modern world.

Pioneering art historian Jacob Burckhardt saw the Italian Renaissance as no less than the beginning of the modern world.

After the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of south-west France in 1208, a Spanish monk - later canonized as St Dominic - took up the cudgels by establishing a kind of secret police to ferret out heresy - thus began the infamous Inquisition.

A fitting conclusion to a well-researched and meticulously edited memoir translation.

For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world in which flourishing individualism and the competition for fame radically transformed science, the arts, and politics.

A new investigation that shows how conversionary preaching to Jews was essential to the early modern Catholic Church and the Roman religious landscapeStarting in the sixteenth century, Jews in Rome were forced, every Saturday, to attend a hostile sermon aimed at their conversion.