Persecution and Pluralism: Calvinists and Religious Minorities in Early Modern Europe 1550-1700

Professor of Modern History Richard Bonney (University of Leicester),Dr D J B Trim (University of Cambridge)

Format
Paperback
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 January 2006
Pages
326
ISBN
9780820475974

Persecution and Pluralism: Calvinists and Religious Minorities in Early Modern Europe 1550-1700

Professor of Modern History Richard Bonney (University of Leicester),Dr D J B Trim (University of Cambridge)

With one exception, the papers collected here were first presented at a conference sponsored by the British Academy held at Newbold College, Berkshire, in 1999. This volume provides a historical perspective to the emerging literature on pluralism. A range of experts examine how Calvinists in early modern France, England, Hungary and the Netherlands related to members of other faith communities and to society in general. The essays explore the importance of Calvinists’ separateness and potent sense of identity. To what extent did this enable them to survive persecution? Did it at times actually induce repression? Where Calvinists held political power, why did they often turn from persecuted into persecutors? How did they relate to (Ana)Baptists, Quakers and Catholics, for example? The conventional wisdom that toleration (and, in consequence, pluralism) resulted from a waning in religious zeal is queried and alternative explanations considered. Finally, the concept of ‘pluralism’ itself is investigated.

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