Synopses & Reviews
Christians are supposed to love their neighbors, including their enemies. This is never easy. When feud and honor are common realities, it is even harder than usual. This book sketches the history of human (not political) peace-making in four countries of western Europe (Italy, France, Germany, and England) between the Reformation and the eighteenth century, and in their various religious institutions. The stories are variations on a theme: a "moral tradition" finding its way between the Scylla of reforming zeal and the Charybdis of civil society.
Review
"Bossy's lectures on the moral tradition are well worth reading because of the ideas they provoke about the analysis and impact of peace in post-Reformation Europe." Renaissance Quarterly
Synopsis
Sketches the 'moral tradition' of human peace-making in four western European countries between the Reformation and the eighteenth century.
Synopsis
Christians are supposed to love their neighbours, including their enemies. This is never easy. When feud and honour are common realities, it is even harder. This highly original book sketches the 'moral tradition' of human (not political) peace-making in four western European countries between the Reformation and the eighteenth century.
Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Italy; 2. France; 3. Germany; 4. England.