Christianity under the Ancien R}}gime, 1648}}}1789 [Hardcover]

A study of Christianity in Europe, including, importantly, Britain in an important period of its development.A brief, but comprehensible, account of religious belief and experience in Europe between the Westphalia settlements in 1648 and the French Revolution. The book is organised around large European regions, for instance, Central and Northwestern Europe (including Britain), Southern Europe and North and Eastern Europe. Within each chapter Professor Ward discusses the churches in their political, social and intellectual context. With its maps, glossary and guide to further reading, this promises to be a major aid to students of christianity under the ancien regime.A brief, but comprehensible, account of religious belief and experience in Europe between the Westphalia settlements in 1648 and the French Revolution. The book is organised around large European regions, for instance, Central and Northwestern Europe (including Britain), Southern Europe and North and Eastern Europe. Within each chapter Professor Ward discusses the churches in their political, social and intellectual context. With its maps, glossary and guide to further reading, this promises to be a major aid to students of christianity under the ancien regime.This book offers a brief, but comprehensive, account of religious belief and experience in Europe between the Westphalia settlements in 1648 and the French Revolution. The book is organized around large European regions such as Central and Northwestern Europe (including Britain), Southern Europe and North and Eastern Europe. Within each chapter Professor Ward discusses the churches in their political, social and intellectual context. With its maps, glossary and guide to further reading, this promises to be a major aid to students of Christianity under the ancien régime.Preface and Prospectus; Glossary; 1. Peace and conflict: church and state in Central and Northwestern Europe; 2. Christianity in Southern Europe; 3. Catholicism in the HolylÃ*