Religious Refugees in the Early Modern World: An Alternative History of the Reformation

by Nicholas Terpstra

Book Overview

The religious refugee first emerged as a mass phenomenon in the late fifteenth century. Over the following two and a half centuries, millions of Jews, Muslims, and Christians were forced from their homes and into temporary or permanent exile. Their migrations across Europe and around the globe shaped the early modern world and profoundly affected literature, art, and culture. Economic and political factors drove many expulsions, but religion was the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107652413
• ISBN13: 9781107652415
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"