Europe 1648-1992

By ella prisco
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    Modern Europe

  • Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

    Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
    The integration of the Catholic Church within the French monarchy permitted Catholic persecution of French Protestants (Huguenots). The revocation of the Edict of Nantes, signed by Louis XIV, ended the religious tolerance extended to Huguenots in 1598, which encouraged religious violence. The institutional effects of the revocation were broad, and included the loss of all civic rights possessed by the Huguenots, eventually resulting in the mass exodus of Protestants from France.

  • Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

    Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
    David Hume was a prominent philosopher in England during the Enlightenment. He was one of many beginning to question the relevance of religion in modern society. Hume wrote about these thoughts is his book, "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" and went so far as to question the existence of God. This source is important as it is representative of the changing dialogue surrounding religion during the Enlightenment. https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/hume1779.pdf (Page 1-2)

  • Signing of the Concordat

    Signing of the Concordat
    After Napoleon's rise to power, he used religious leniency to secure confidence from the people. In this image, Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801, an article of which guaranteed freedom of worship to all people in France. This was significant as it confirmed the rights of the historically persecuted Protestants and Jews to practice their respective religions. As such, it reduced religious intolerance and violence in France.

  • Synagogue After Kristallnacht

    Synagogue After Kristallnacht
    Due to Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s, anti-semitism had become ingrained into German society. On the precipice of the war, anti-semitism reached a boiling point during the Kristallnacht, when Jewish homes, business and Synagogues were vandalized and lit aflame. This photo, whose photographer is unknown but presumably one of many Jewish people who suffered from the effects of the Kristallnacht, is a jarring representation of the beginning of terrible violence that was about to be enacted.