War and religion after Westphalia, 1648-1713

• Other Authors: Onnekink, David.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.
• Series: Politics and culture in north-western Europe, 1650-1720.
• Subjects: Christianity and international relations > History > 17th century.; War > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > 17th century.; Christianity and international relations > History > 18th century.; War > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > 18th century.; Christianity and international affairs.; HISTORY.; Kerk en staat.; Godsdienstoorlogen.; Westfaalse vrede.; Europe, Western > Church history > 17th century.; Europe, Western > Church history > 18th century.; Europe > History, Military > 1648-1789.; West-Europa.; Electronic books.
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This volume gauges the importance of religious influences on foreign policy and war after the conclusion of the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648. It questions the traditional view that Westphalia was a watershed event in international relations that ended wars of r...

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Contents; List of Charts and Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction The 'Dark Alliance' between Religion and War; 1 Plus royaliste que le pape: Louis XIV's Religious Policy and his Guerre de Hollande; 2 The Role of Religion in Spanish Foreign Policy in the Reign of Carlos II (1665-1700); 3 After Westphalia: Remodelling a Religious Foreign Policy; 4 The Last War of Religion? The Dutch and the Nine Years War; 5 Diplomacy, Religion and Political Stability: The Views of Three English Diplomats.