Early Modern Toleration by Benjamin J. Kaplan, Jaap Geraerts - 9780367467074

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Early Modern TolerationNew Approaches\nAuthor(s): Benjamin J. Kaplan, Jaap Geraerts\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367467074, 978-0367467074\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the practice of toleration and the experience of religious diversity in the early modern world.\n\nRecent scholarship has shown the myriad ways in which religious differences were accommodated in the early modern era [tel]. This book propels this revisionist wave further by linking the accommodation of religious diversity in early modern communities to the experience of this diversity by individuals. It does so by studying the forms and patterns of interaction between members of different religious groups, including Christian denominations, Muslims, and Jews, in territories ranging from Europe to the Americas and South-East Asia. This book is structured around five key concepts: the senses, identities, boundaries, interaction, and space. For .