Category Archives: Religious Politics

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Early Modern History

Posted on December 12, 2022 by briansandberg

The Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz, Germany, is offering two postdoctoral fellowships in early modern European religious history. This would be a fantastic opportunity for a recent Ph.D. in early modern history! Here is the position description from … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

Posted on August 26, 2022 by briansandberg

This week marks the 450th anniversary of the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, which began in Paris on the night of 24 August 1572. Catholic militia and townspeople massacred thousands of Huguenots (French Calvinists) in Paris and provincial towns in one … Continue reading →

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Commemorating the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

Posted on July 29, 2022 by briansandberg

A new memorial garden is being prepared to commemorate the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572 in Paris. This memorial is sponsored by the Ville de Paris and the Fédération Protestante de France and will be inaugurated on 16 September … Continue reading →

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Means to Rebuild the Church

Posted on July 13, 2022 by briansandberg

I am pleased to report that my latest article, “The Means to Rebuild the Church,” has been published by Sixteenth Century Journal: Brian Sandberg, “The Means to Rebuild the Church: Franco-Italian Networks, Lay Piety, and Religious Patronage in Counter-Reformation France,” … Continue reading →

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Religion in American Right-Wing Politics

Posted on April 6, 2022 by briansandberg

“She said she wanted to be a part of ‘staking claim’ to what God was doing. ‘This is a Jesus movement,’ Ms. Jackson said. ‘I believe God removed Donald for a time, so the church would wake up and have … Continue reading →

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Die Kapitalisierung des Krieges / Capitalisation of War

Posted on January 21, 2022 by briansandberg

I was excited to receive my copy of Die Kapitalisierung des Krieges: Kriegsunternehmer in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit yesterday in the campus mail at Northern Illinois University. The book presents comparative studies of military entrepreneurship, war finance, military logistics, and … Continue reading →

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Mediterranean Displacements

Posted on January 21, 2022 by briansandberg

The history of migration has become a major area of study in the Mediterranean World. The recent patterns of migration by North Africans, Sub-Saharan Africans, and Syrians across the Mediterranean toward European nations has created a series of political crises … Continue reading →

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Sedition and Civil Conflict in the United States

Posted on January 14, 2022 by briansandberg

Today, the FBI arrested a eleven members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia, over their involvement in the Storming of the United States Capitol on 6 January 2021. The U.S. Department of Justice is charging Stewart Rhodes, founder of … Continue reading →

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Race and Conflict in the Early Modern Mediterranean

Posted on November 12, 2021 by briansandberg

I am happy to report that my most recent article has just been published in Mediterranean Studies. It took a number of years to do the research, writing, rewriting, revisions, and editing to produce the article, but here (finally) it … Continue reading →

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500th Anniversary of the Diet of Worms of 1521

Posted on April 18, 2021 by briansandberg

Five hundred years ago this month, a monk and radical religious reformer confronted the powerful Holy Roman Emperor at the Imperial Diet held in the city of Worms in April 1521. Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk and professor at the … Continue reading →

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