Cuius regio, eius religio: the religious European mosaic
Source
Nouveau cours d’Histoire. Classe de Seconde. XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles/ Charles Morazé, Philippe Wolff - Paris: Armand Colin, 1953, S. 14. -
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Description
The authors describe how religion became established ‘in national contexts’ and contributed ‘towards the glorification of national feelings’.
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Mots-clé
Commentaire
The second chapter of the textbook is the first milestone of the official curricula. It deals with western and central Europe, followed by France and the House of Habsburg. The authors adhere to these three sections and therefore begin with an overview of Europe in 1600, whose political and religious landscape is summed up with the famous phrase ‘cuius [suite...]