Overview
Miskimin's work considers the religious feuding, hostility, and occasional cooperation of Catholics, Protestants, and Jews in 17th-century Metz. In a series of pointed chapters, she shows how the French Crown benefited from religious disagreement in the town by using that discord to push through its centralizing political agenda. Despite the disapproval of local leaders and the lack of any ideological commitment to coexistence, Catholics, Protestants, and Jews increasingly developed daily contacts in the city as the century progressed. Though these contacts were often hostile, they nonetheless continued and led to more complex interactions which undercut traditional religious verities. Using numerous examples from local court records, Miskimin explores the multilayered contacts between adherents of these three faiths in one of the only French towns to include this tripartite religious mix during this period. As a result, Metz became a convenient early laboratory for the fundamental intellectual shifts at work in Europe. Building on earlier studies of centralization, this book integrates social and religious history with major political shifts to illustrate the interdependence of members of these three groups, as well as the centrality of their clashes to an understanding of the climate of these turbulent times at the dawn of modernity.
Full Product Details
Author: Patricia Miskimin ,
Patricia Miskimin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume: No. 90
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9780313307287
ISBN 10: 0313307288
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 30 December 2001
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
The book is filled with historical details....[T]he methodological aspect of Miskimin's research shows the possibilities of combining microanalysis with macroconclusions. -The Sixteenth Century Journal The book is filled with historical details....YThe methodological aspect of Miskimin's research shows the possibilities of combining microanalysis with macroconclusions. -The Sixteenth Century Journal ?The book is filled with historical details....[T]he methodological aspect of Miskimin's research shows the possibilities of combining microanalysis with macroconclusions.?-The Sixteenth Century Journal
?The book is filled with historical details....[T]he methodological aspect of Miskimin's research shows the possibilities of combining microanalysis with macroconclusions.?-The Sixteenth Century Journal
"?The book is filled with historical details....[T]he methodological aspect of Miskimin's research shows the possibilities of combining microanalysis with macroconclusions.?-The Sixteenth Century Journal ""The book is filled with historical details....�T�he methodological aspect of Miskimin's research shows the possibilities of combining microanalysis with macroconclusions.""-The Sixteenth Century Journal ""The book is filled with historical details....[T]he methodological aspect of Miskimin's research shows the possibilities of combining microanalysis with macroconclusions.""-The Sixteenth Century Journal"
Author Information
PATRICIA BEHRE MISKIMIN is Associate Professor of History at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, and a Visiting Research Fellow at Yale University./e Her research in early modern French history has appeared in journals and a collection of essays.
