A Cultural History of Peace in the Renaissance

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A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Renaissance, explores peace in the period from 1450 to 1648. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in the Renaissance is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the early modern era. Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE Introduction FRAMEWORK TURNING POINTS THEMES CHAPTER ONE Definitions of Peace THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION OF PEACE CHRISTIAN HUMANISM RADICAL REFORMATION THE POLITICAL DIMENSION OF PEACE PEACE AS UTOPIA PEACE AND SOVEREIGNTY THE SUPRA-NATIONAL DIMENSION CHAPTER TWO Human Nature, Peace, and War ANTECEDENTS: LATIN CHRISTENDOM THE CRISIS OF THE EARLY RENAISSANCE THE HUMANIST CHALLENGE GUNS, MONEY, AND MATERIAL TRANSFORMATIONS NEW MONARCHIES: PROVIDING AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE UNITY OF CHRISTENDOM GUICCIARDINI AND MACHIAVELLI ON HUMAN NATURE: MORAL SUASION AND POLITICAL SANCTION SIXTEENTH-CENTURY IDEAS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: FROM ETHICS TO POLITICS (MACHIAVELLI AND GENTILI) VIOLENCE AND DISORDER IN RENAISSANCE EUROPE PACIFISM AND UTOPIA: FROM THE ANABAPTIST COMMUNITIES TO ERASMUS AND MORE NEW DISCOVERIES, ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF VIOLENCE AND THE SIXTEENTH-CENTUARY RENOVATION OF MEDIEVAL SCHOLASTICISM WARS OF RELIGION IN LATE RENAISSANCE EUROPE A MODERN THEORY OF SOVEREIGNTY: BODIN AND HOBBES ON HUMAN NATURE AND VIOLENCE GROTIUS AND THE FOUNDATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW CHAPTER THREE Peace, War, and Gender PEACE AND POLITICAL CULTURE IN THE RENAISSANCE SOVEREIGNTY AND FEMININE POWER WOMEN RULERS IN THE RENAISSANCE WORLD AMAZONS AND WOMEN WARRIORS BODILY NEGOTIATIONS AND GENDERED DIPLOMACY NEW DIPLOMACY AND RENAISSANCE PEACEMAKING CONCLUSION CHAPTER FOUR Peace and Religion EUROPE IN THE FORM OF A VIRGIN THE OBSTACLES TO RELIGIOUS PEACE RELIGIOUS PEACES COEXISTENCE SPATIAL COMPROMISES CONCLUSION CHAPTER FIVE Representations of Peace VISUALIZING AND MATERIALIZING PEACE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE GOD’S PEACE GIFTS OF PEACE PEACE EMBODIED CHAPTER SIX Peace Movements IRENIC HOPES AT THE COUNCIL OF TRENT IRENIC HOPES AFTER THE COUNCIL WAR, PEACE AND THE LAW OF NATIONS CONCLUSION CHAPTER SEVEN Peace, Security,and Deterrence FRANCE AND JAPAN: FROM INTERNAL CHAOS TO PACIFICATION THE SPANISH AND OTTOMAN EMPIRES: CONQUEST TO BUREAUCRATIC STATE GLOBAL TRADE AND WAR A NEW LANGUAGE OF DIPLOMACY THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOVEREIGNTY GLOBAL TRADE AND PEACE CHAPTER EIGHT Peace as Integration INTRODUCTION PAX ROMANA AND PAX CHRISTI PAX ET TREUGA DEI PAX HISPANICA CONCLUSION NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTORS INDEX