Category Archives: Reformation History

Femmes à la cour de France. Charges et fonctions, XVe-XIXe siècle

Posted on December 6, 2018 by briansandberg

Femmes à la cour de France. Charges et fonctions (XVe – XIXe siècle), ed. Caroline zum Kolk, Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier (Villeneuve d’Ascq, Septentrion, 2018), ISBN-102757423614, has been released. This collective volume on women at the royal court of France in the … Continue reading →

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Postdoctoral Fellowships on the European Fiscal-Military System

Posted on December 6, 2018 by briansandberg

The Faculty of History at the University of Oxford is seeking six Research Associates to join the team from September 2019, or as soon as possible thereafter, for an ambitious 5-year multi-national research project. ‘The European Fiscal-Military System 1530-1870’ is funded … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, Grants and Fellowships, History of Violence, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, State Development Theory, Strategy and International Politics, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Newberry Library Early Career Fellowships

Posted on November 19, 2018 by briansandberg

Center for Renaissance Studies, Newberry Library Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2019-2020 Application Deadline: January 4, 2019 The Center for Renaissance Studies (CRS) at the Newberry Library is pleased to announce an Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowship for recent PhDs from one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Grants and Fellowships, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Early Modern War and the Formation of Europe

Posted on November 18, 2018 by briansandberg

The Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis hosted an interdisciplinary conference on Early Modern War and the Formation of Europe this weekend (16-17 November 2018). The conference included diverse perspectives on war, culture, and society … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, French Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Mercenaries, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Reformation History, Religious Violence, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Magic, Religion, and Science

Posted on October 11, 2018 by briansandberg

The Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies is organizing a conference on Magic, Religion, and Science in the Global Middle Ages and Renaissance, which will be held in Phoenix in February 2019. “The ACMRS and MAP Joint Conference: Magic, … Continue reading →

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The Eighty Years’ War and the Birth of the Netherlands

Posted on October 9, 2018 by briansandberg

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is inaugurating a major new exhibition on the Dutch Revolt (or the Eighty Years’ War) next week. The curators explain that “This year is the 450th anniversary of the outbreak of the Eighty Years’ War, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Civil Conflict, Civilians and Refugees in War, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, History in the Media, History of Violence, Museums and Historical Memory, Reformation History, Religious History, Religious Politics, Religious Violence, Renaissance Art and History, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Remembering the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

Posted on August 24, 2018 by briansandberg

I will be offering my course, HIST 414 European Wars of Religion, 1520s-1660s, at Northern Illinois University beginning next Monday. Just in time for the beginning of the semester, today is the anniversary of the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in … Continue reading →

Posted in European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, History in the Media, History of Violence, Paris History, Reformation History, Religious History, Religious Politics, Religious Violence, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Review of War and Conflict in the Early Modern World

Posted on March 29, 2018 by briansandberg

The Journal of Modern History has published Peter Wilson’s review of my recent book, War and Conflict in the Early Modern World (Polity, 2016). The review is available online at the Journal of Modern History website.    

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Globalization, History of Violence, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Presentation at the University of Chicago

Posted on January 26, 2018 by briansandberg

I am looking forward to presenting at the Early Modern and Mediterranean Worlds Workshop at the University of Chicago next week. Brian Sandberg, “Conversion, Confessional Politics, and Violence in the Final Stages of the French Wars of Religion, 1598-1629” Early … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Languedoc and Southern France, Political Culture, Reformation History, Religious History, Religious Politics, Religious Violence, Renaissance Art and History, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Graduate Student Conference at the Newberry Library

Posted on January 26, 2018 by briansandberg

I am pleased that several of my former graduate students are participating in this week’s Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, sponsored by the Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library. “The Center for Renaissance Studies’ annual graduate student conference, organized … Continue reading →

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