What place for clergymen in the Thirty Years’ War?
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2023.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : Although the Thirty Years’ War was not a religious war, it did have important religious aspects. Clergymen had a considerable influence on the collective conscience: they strengthened religious factions, spread millenarianism, and fomented piety. Soldiers, supervised by clergymen, fought for their faith, while princes justified the war on the grounds of religion. Contemporary texts about the conflict use religious language and describe the interventions of God, the Virgin, or the saints.
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Although the Thirty Years’ War was not a religious war, it did have important religious aspects. Clergymen had a considerable influence on the collective conscience: they strengthened religious factions, spread millenarianism, and fomented piety. Soldiers, supervised by clergymen, fought for their faith, while princes justified the war on the grounds of religion. Contemporary texts about the conflict use religious language and describe the interventions of God, the Virgin, or the saints.
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