Religious warfare in Europe, 1400-1536 /

Religious warfare in Europe, 1400-1536 /

Show other versions (3)

Religious warfare has been a recurrent feature of European history. In this intelligent and readable new study, the distinguished Crusade historian Norman Housley describes and analyses the principal expressions of holy war in the period from the Hussite wars to the first generation of the Reformati...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Housley, Norman
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002
Oxford ; New York : 2002
Oxford ; New York : 2002
Subjects:
1400-1648
1492-1648
476 - 1648
476-1492
Geschichte 1400-1536
Military art and science > Europe > History > Medieval, 500-1500
Military art and science > Europe > History
Church history
History
History, Military
Military art and science
Europe > Church history > 600-1500
Europe > Church history
Europe > History > 1492-1648
Europe > History > 15th century
Europe > History > 476-1492
Europe > History, Military
Europe
Military history
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • The subject : religious warfare in the late Middle Ages and early Reformation
  • A crucible of religious warfare : Bohemia during the Hussite wars, 1400-1436
  • The Christian commonwealth of Europe, 1436-1536
  • The assembling of authority : scripture, messainic individuals, and symbols
  • The three Turks
  • The critique of religious war
  • Conclusion : perspectives
  • The subject : religious warfare in the late Middle Ages and early Reformation
  • A crucible of religious warfare : Bohemia during the Hussite wars, 1400-1436
  • The Christian commonwealth of Europe, 1436-1536
  • The assembling of authority : scripture, messianic individuals, and symbols
  • The three Turks
  • The critique of religious war
  • Conclusion : perspectives
  • 1 The Subject: Religious Warfare in the Late Middle Ages and Early Reformation
  • 1.1. The study of religious warfare: approaches and problems
  • 1.2. The contexts of conflict, c.1300-1536
  • 2. A Crucible of Religious Warfare: Bohemia During the Hussite Wars, 1400-1436
  • 3. The Christian Commonwealth of Europe, 1436-1536
  • 3.1. The commonwealth challenged, 1436-1517
  • 3.2. The commonwealth divided, 1517-1536
  • 4. The Assembling of Authority: Scripture, Messianic Individuals, and Symbols
  • 4.1. Texts
  • 4.2. Figures
  • 4.3. Symbols and communities
  • 4.4. Conclusion
  • 5. The Three Turks
  • 5.1. External Turks: the Ottomans
  • 5.2. Internal Turks: 'worse than the Turks'
  • 5.3. The interior Turk
  • 5.4. The images combined: Thomas More and the Turks
  • 6. The Critique of Religious War
  • 6.1. The problem of agency
  • 6.2. Condemnation
  • 6.3. War and conversion
  • 6.4. Conclusion
  • 7. Conclusion: Perspectives
  • 7.1. Religious warfare, 1400-1536
  • 7.2. Religious warfare and the Wars of Religion.

Similar Items