The age of reason : from the wars of religion to the French Revolution, 1570-1789 /

Pearse, Meic.

The age of reason : from the wars of religion to the French Revolution, 1570-1789 / Meic Pearse. - Oxford : Monarch Books, c2006. - 457 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - The Monarch history of the church ; v. 5 .

Contents: Christendom unraveling : the scene in 1570 and a glance backwards --
Contested territory : the areas of conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism (1570-1609) --
Life on the frontiers (1570-ca. 1610) --
The conflict within churches : Protestants --
The conflict within churches : Catholics and the Orthodox --
Meltdown : the cataclysm of 1618-1648 --
Fractions of fractions : the progress of sectarianism --
The rise of Pietism --
The cross, the crescent, and the star : Christians and Jews under Ottoman rule in the Balkans --
Misruling one another --
Latin America --
North America : toleration and nontoleration --
North America : coming to terms with pluralism --
The great awakening --
Reason and power : rationalist thought and the divine right of kings --
The arts.

9781854247711

2006013928


Church history--16th century.
Church history--17th century.
Church history--18th century.

BR 165 / .P43 2006