Cunegonde's kidnapping a story of religious conflict in the age of enlightenment /
Kaplan, Benjamin J.
Cunegonde's kidnapping a story of religious conflict in the age of enlightenment / Benjamin J. Kaplan. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xvii, 290 pages :) illustrations, maps. - The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.0This book 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, 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."
9780300189971 9780300187366
Catholic Church--Relations--Reformed Church--History--18th century.
Interfaith marriage--History--Netherlands--Vaals (Gemeente)--18th century.
Kidnapping--History--Netherlands--Vaals (Gemeente)--18th century.
Reformed Church--Relations--Catholic Church--History--18th century.
Electronic Books.
DJ411 / .C864 2014
Cunegonde's kidnapping a story of religious conflict in the age of enlightenment / Benjamin J. Kaplan. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xvii, 290 pages :) illustrations, maps. - The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.0This book 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, 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."
9780300189971 9780300187366
Catholic Church--Relations--Reformed Church--History--18th century.
Interfaith marriage--History--Netherlands--Vaals (Gemeente)--18th century.
Kidnapping--History--Netherlands--Vaals (Gemeente)--18th century.
Reformed Church--Relations--Catholic Church--History--18th century.
Electronic Books.
DJ411 / .C864 2014