Category Archives: European Wars of Religion

Review of Warrior Pursuits by Robert A. Nye

Posted on October 30, 2011 by briansandberg

A new review by Professor Robert A. Nye of my book, Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France, has just appeared in the Journal of Interdisciplinary History. I am pleased to read Professor Nye’s critique of … Continue reading →

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The Antichrist in Politics

Posted on September 26, 2011 by briansandberg

Historians and students of the Reformation are very familiar with the role of the Antichrist in religious reformers’ thinking and religious politics. Bob Scribner’s classic study, For the Sake of Simple Folk, analyzes Lutheran print propaganda, including imagery of the … Continue reading →

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Devotion, Discipline, Reform Conference

Posted on September 12, 2011 by briansandberg

September 15 – 17, 2011 Devotion, Discipline, Reform: Sources for the Study of Religion, 1450-1640 A Conference in Honor of Sister Ann Ida Gannon, BVM The Newberry Library, Chicago http://www.newberry.org/renaissance/conf-inst/devotion.html Printable flier: http://www.newberry.org/renaissance/conf-inst/DevotionConference.pdf Speakers include: Gregory R. Crane, Classics and … Continue reading →

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Military Architecture Exhibition at the Newberry Library

Posted on September 9, 2011 by briansandberg

The Newberry Library in Chicago is currently presenting an exhibition on “Ballistics and Politics: Military Architecture Books at the Newberry.” The exhibition includes fortifications treatises, city plans, siege views, and related maps and documents from the early modern period. Some … Continue reading →

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