Germany and the French Wars of Religion, 1560-1572

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-33067-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

Reihe: St. Andrews studies in reformation history

The course of the French Wars of Religion, commonly portrayed as a series of civil wars, was profoundly shaped by foreign actors. Many German Protestants in particular felt compelled to intervene. In Germany and the French Wars of Religion, 1560-1572 Jonas van Tol examines how Protestant German audiences understood the conflict in France and why they deemed intervention necessary. He demonstrates that conflicting stories about the violence in France fused with local religious debates and news from across Europe leading to a surprising range of interpretations of the nature of the French Wars of Religion. As a consequence, German Lutherans found themselves on opposing sides on the battlefields of France.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tol, Jonas van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements

Introduction
I. Connections
The manifold ties linking France and the German Rhineland
II. Interconfessional relations
Lutheran-Reformed tensions on the eve of the French Wars of Religion
III. Explanations
Competing narratives about the nature of the French Wars of Religion
IV. Solutions
German proposals for restoring peace in France
V. Conspiracy
The escalation of European confessional conflict
VI. Intervention
The military campaigns of 1567-1569
Epilogue
The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Jonas van Tol Ph.D. (2016), University of York, is University Lecturer in early modern history at Leiden University.