Christianity under the Ancien Régime, 1648-1789 (New Approaches to European History)

284 Pages·1999·1.249 MB·English

by  W. R. Ward

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ChristianityundertheAncienRe´gime,1648–1789
In the middle of the seventeenth century religious belief and practice
wereintrinsicpartsofeverydaylifeandverydiYculttoescape.Professor
Ward oVers a brief, but comprehensible, account of Christianity in
EuropebetweentheWestphaliasettlements1648andtheFrenchRev-
olutionin1789.Thefocusofthebook,however,isnotonthereligious
institutionsthemselves,butonpolicy,thatistosaythosethingswhich
conservativesandreformers,revivalistsandmissionaries,statesmenand
peasants sought to change or preserve in their religious heritage. The
bookisorganisedaroundlargeEuropeanregions,forinstance,central
and north-western Europe (including Britain), southern Europe, and
northern and eastern Europe, and within each chapter the political,
socialandintellectualeventsandinXuencesofthetimesarediscussed,
thus allowing the reader to understand changes in policy in context.
Withitsmaps,glossaryandguidetofurtherreading,thiswillbeamajor
aidtostudentsofChristianityundertheAncienRe´gime.
w. r. wardisEmeritusProfessorofModernHistoryattheUniversity
of Durham. He has contributed to several journals and has written a
large number of books including Faith and Faction (1993) and The
ProtestantEvangelicalAwakening(1992).

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Christianity under the Ancien
Re´gime, 1648–1789
W.R.Ward
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Contents
Listofmaps pageviii
Preface ix
Glossary xi
1 PeaceandconXict:churchandstateincentraland
north-westernEurope. 1
2 ChristianityinsouthernEurope 34
3 CatholicismintheHolyRomanEmpireandtheeastern
HabsburgLands 53
4 ThereligionofProtestants 71
5 Revivalmovestothewest 105
6 TheEnlightenmentanditsprecursors 147
7 TheChurchesinnorthernandeasternEurope 202
8 ReligionaftertheSevenYearsWar 225
Suggestionsforfurtherreading 251
Index 258
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Maps
1 TheWetterau page19
2 Italyintheeighteenthcentury 40
3 SilesiaaftertheThirtyYearsWar 92
4 SalzburgandneighbouringHabsburgterritories 106
5 ThedeclineoftheOttomanEmpirefromtheendofthe
seventeenthcentury 203
6 Northern,centralandeasternEuropeintheearlyeighteenth
century 206
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