Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Europe by Heinz Schilling, ... - 9781107412811

Cultural Exchange in Early Modern EuropeAuthor(s): Heinz Schilling, Istvn Gyrgy Tth, Robert Muchembled, William Monter\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107412811, 978-1107412811\nSynopsis\nReligious beliefs, their practice and expression, were fundamental to the cultural fabric of early modern Europe. They were representations of belonging, identity, power and social meaning. In the era of Europe's reformations and subsequent confessionalizations coinciding with its first colonial empires and its conflictual relations with other faiths on its eastern borderlands, this volume, first published in 2007, examines the role of religion as a vehicle for cultural conflict, cohabitation and cultural exchange. Essays by leading historians show the complexity and diversity of the processes of religious differentiation that contributed to the making of modern Europe, with case studies ranging from Transy.