Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Europe (Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Europe 4 Volume Hardback Set) (English and Dutch Edition) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521845467 ISBN 13: 9780521845465

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Religious beliefs, their practice and expression, were fundamental to the cultural fabric of early modern Europe. They were representations of belonging, identity, power and social meaning. In the era of Europe's reformations and subsequent confessionalizations coinciding with its first colonial empires and its conflictual relations with other faiths on its eastern borderlands, this volume, first published in 2007, examines the role of religion as a vehicle for cultural conflict, cohabitation and cultural exchange. Essays by leading historians show the complexity and diversity of the processes of religious differentiation that contributed to the making of modern Europe, with case studies ranging from Transylvania and Lithuania to Spain and Portugal and from Italy to England. The volume will appeal to scholars in early modern European history, history of religion, as well as social and cultural history.

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Book Description

Religious beliefs were fundamental to the cultural fabric of early modern Europe. This volume, first published in 2007, examines the role of religion as a vehicle for cultural exchange with case studies ranging across Europe. It will appeal to scholars in early modern European history, history of religion, and social and cultural history.

About the Author

Heinz Schilling is Professor of Early Modern History at Humboldt University Berlin. His research focuses on European comparative history, the history of the Reformation and early modern migration and minorities. The late Itsvan Gyorgy Toth was Professor of History at the Central European University, Budapest. He recently edited a multi-authored Concise History of Hungary (2005).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521845467
• ISBN 13: 9780521845465
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 436
• Editor: Schilling Heinz, Tóth István György, Muchembled Robert