The resurgence of violent terrorist organizations claiming to act in the name of God has rekindled dramatic public debate about the connection between violence

In recent years religion has resurfaced amongst academics, in many ways replacing class as the key to understanding Europe's historical development. This has re

This is the 2005 second edition of a comprehensive study of the French wars of religion.

In the second half of the sixteenth century, France was racked by religious civil wars and peace was only restored when Henry of Navarre finally converted to Ca

The Huguenots and their struggle for freedom of conscience and freedom of worship are largely unknown outside of France. The entrance of the sixteenth-century R