Book That Changed Europe - Picart and Bernard's Religious Ceremonies of the World

Informationen zum Autor Lynn Hunt is Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, University of California, Los Angeles. Margaret C. Jacob is Distinguished Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles. Wijnand Mijnhardt is Chair of Comparative History of the Sciences and the Humanities, Utrecht University. Klappentext Takes us to the vibrant Dutch Republic and its book trade to explore the work that sowed the radical idea that religions could be considered on equal terms. This title explores "The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World"! which appeared in 1723. Zusammenfassung Takes us to the vibrant Dutch Republic and its book trade to explore the work that sowed the radical idea that religions could be considered on equal terms. This title explores "The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World"! which appeared in 1723. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Illustrations * Introduction: One Book! Two Men! and a New Attitude toward Religion Part I: The World of the Book * A Marketplace for Religious Ideas * Bernard Picart: Religious and Artistic Journeys * Why Holland? * Jean Frederic Bernard: The Tumultuous Life of a Refugee Publisher * A Writer's Mental Universe * Picart's Visual Politics Part II: The Book of the World * Familiarizing Judaism * Cutting Roman Catholicism Down to Size * Idolatry: West and East * Rehabilitating Islam * Dissent! Deism! and Atheism * Conclusion: Literary Fortunes * Appendix A: The Seven Volumes of Religious Ceremonies of the World * Appendix B: Editions of Religious Ceremonies of the World * Abbreviations * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index

Product details

• Authors: Lynn Hunt, Hunt Lynn, Margaret C. Jacob, Wijnand Mijnhardt
• Publisher: Belknap press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2010
• EAN: 9780674049284
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04928-4
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book; Religion, History, European History, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Western, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Western Europe, Philosophy of religion, Religion and Politics, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals