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Cunegonde´s Kidnapping: A Story of Religious Conflict in the Age of Enlightenment
Benjamin J. Kaplan
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Description for Cunegonde´s Kidnapping: A Story of Religious Conflict in the Age of Enlightenment
Hardback. How a popular religious war erupted on the Dutch-German border, despite the ideals of religious tolerance proclaimed by the Enlightenment Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-century Culture & History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; HRAM9; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
How a popular religious war erupted on the Dutch-German border, despite the ideals of religious tolerance proclaimed by the Enlightenment
In a remote village on the Dutch-German border, a young Catholic woman named Cunegonde tries to kidnap a baby to prevent it from being baptized in a Protestant church. When she is arrested, fellow Catholics stage an armed raid to free her from detention. These dramatic events of 1762 triggered a cycle of violence, starting a kind of religious war in the village and its surrounding region. Contradicting our current understanding, this war erupted at the height of ... Read more
How a popular religious war erupted on the Dutch-German border, despite the ideals of religious tolerance proclaimed by the Enlightenment
In a remote village on the Dutch-German border, a young Catholic woman named Cunegonde tries to kidnap a baby to prevent it from being baptized in a Protestant church. When she is arrested, fellow Catholics stage an armed raid to free her from detention. These dramatic events of 1762 triggered a cycle of violence, starting a kind of religious war in the village and its surrounding region. Contradicting our current understanding, this war erupted at the height of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
Condition
New
Weight
485g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300187366
SKU
V9780300187366
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About Benjamin J. Kaplan
Benjamin J. Kaplan holds the chair in Dutch history at University College London and is the author of several prize-winning books. He lives in London.
Reviews for Cunegonde´s Kidnapping: A Story of Religious Conflict in the Age of Enlightenment
“Kaplan paints a lucid, fascinating picture of the Enlightenment as an age of prejudice as much as toleration.”—Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Martin Wolf
Financial Times
“In this compelling microhistory, Benjamin Kaplan shows that religious intolerance was by no means dead during the supposedly Enlightened century. Based on a huge cache of judicial sources, this book paints a ... Read more
Martin Wolf
Financial Times
“In this compelling microhistory, Benjamin Kaplan shows that religious intolerance was by no means dead during the supposedly Enlightened century. Based on a huge cache of judicial sources, this book paints a ... Read more