In the second decade of the sixteenth century medieval piety suddenly began to be attacked in some places as "idolatry," or false religion. This st...
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Dec 22, 2007
Naeem
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Modernity and the international society of states are both born from the religious wars fought between Catholics and Protestants between the time of Luther and a bit past 1648.
In beautiful prose and in graphic detail Eire shows us how Geneva was the Kandahar of its time -- from which religious (soldiers? terrorists? believers?) would make raids into Catholic areas of France. The ideas and the actions that led to the mutual blood-letting of Catholics and Protestants (of all shades More...
In beautiful prose and in graphic detail Eire shows us how Geneva was the Kandahar of its time -- from which religious (soldiers? terrorists? believers?) would make raids into Catholic areas of France. The ideas and the actions that led to the mutual blood-letting of Catholics and Protestants (of all shades More...
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