The Age of Reason

內容簡介

Christendom unraveling : the scene in 1570 and a glance backwards -- Contested territory : the areas of conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism (1570-1609) -- Life on the frontiers (1570-ca. 1610) -- The conflict within churches : Protestants -- The conflict within churches : Catholics and the Orthodox -- Meltdown : the cataclysm of 1618-1648 -- Fractions of fractions : the progress of sectarianism -- The rise of Pietism -- The cross, the crescent, and the star : Christians and Jews under Ottoman rule in the Balkans -- Misruling one another -- Latin America -- North America : toleration and nontoleration -- North America : coming to terms with pluralism -- The great awakening -- Reason and power : rationalist thought and the divine right of kings -- The arts.