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Zusatztext 'This volume of essays [...] contains much that is of interest! and showcases a wide range of methodological! thematic! and geographical approaches. It suggests the formation of a new historiographical consensus! and provides a springboard for further discussion.' War in History Informationen zum Autor David Onnekink is Lecturer at the Universities of Utrecht and Leiden! The Netherlands. Zusammenfassung 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 religion and led thereafter to a purely secular system of power politics in Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction: the 'dark alliance' between religion and war! David Onnekink; Plus royaliste que le pape: Louis XIV's religious policy and his Guerre de Holland! Paul Sonnino; The role of religion in Spanish foreign policy in the reign of Carlos II (1665-1700)! Christopher Storrs; After Westphalia: remodelling a religious foreign policy! Andrew C. Thompson; The last war of religion? The Dutch and the 9 Years War! David Onnekink; Diplomacy! religion and political stability: the views of 3 English diplomats! Stéphane Jettot; The blessed Trinity: the army! the navy and providence in the conduct of warfare! 1688-1713! K.A.J. McLay; Schomberg! Miremont and Huguenot invasions of France! Matthew Glozier; The States General on religion and war: manifestos! policy documents and prayer days in the Dutch republic! 1672-1713! Donald Haks; An English dissenter and the crisis of European Protestantism: Roger Morrice's perception of European politics in the 1680s! Stephen Taylor; A righteous war and a Papist peace: war! peace and religion in the political rhetoric of the United Provinces! 1648-1672! Jill Stern; Defending the true faith: religious themes in Dutch pamphlets on England! 1688-1689! Emma Bergin; Conclusion! Benjamin J. Kaplan; Index. ...
