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Earthly powers: religion and politics in Europe from the enlightenment to the Great War

By Michael , Burleigh

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins e-books
Year
2009
ISBN
9780061741456, 0061741450
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
769 kB (786989 bytes)
Pages
560 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Politics and government;Politik;Religion;Religion

Description

In this masterful, stylish, and authoritative book, Michael Burleigh gives us an epic history of the battles over religion in modern Europe, examining the complex and often lethal ways in which politics and religion have interacted and influenced each other over the last two centuries. From the French Revolution to the totalitarian movements of the twentieth century, Earthly Powers is a uniquely powerful portrait of one of the great tensions of modern historyone that continues to be played out on the world stage today.

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