Cunegonde's Kidnapping: A story of Religious Conflict in the Age of Enlightenment
by Kaplan, Benjamin J
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New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2014. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j. Various underlinings and dog-ears.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). How a popular religious war erupted on the Dutch-German border, despite the ideals of religious tolerance proclaimed by the Enlightenment. In a remote village on the Dutch-German border, a young Catholic woman named Cunegonde tries to kidnap a baby to prevent it from being baptized in a Protestant church. When she is arrested, fellow Catholics stage an armed raid to free her from detention. These dramatic events of 1762 triggered a cycle of violence, starting a kind of religious war in the village and its surrounding region. Contradicting our current understanding, this war erupted at the height of the Age of Enlightenment, famous for its religious toleration. Cunegonde's Kidnapping tells in vivid detail the story of this hitherto unknown conflict. Drawing characters, scenes, and dialogue straight from a body of exceptional primary sources, it is the first microhistorical study of religious conflict and toleration in early modern Europe. In it, award-winning historian Benjamin J. Kaplan explores the dilemmas of interfaith marriage and the special character of religious life in a borderland, where religious dissenters enjoy unique freedoms. He also challenges assumptions about the impact of Enlightenment thought and suggests that, on a popular level, some parts of eighteenth-century Europe may not have witnessed a ""rise of toleration.""
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- Title
- Cunegonde's Kidnapping: A story of Religious Conflict in the Age of Enlightenment
- Author
- Kaplan, Benjamin J
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j. Various underlinings and dog-ears.
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- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 030018736X
- ISBN 13
- 9780300187366
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven & London
- Date Published
- 2014
- Pages
- 290
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Keywords
- 1st, history, church history, reformation, enlightenment, Europe, Netherlands, Kaplan
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- 0.49 g
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