Swords, Spurs, and Gunpowder: A History of Religious Wars

The amount of bloodshed that took place following the Protestant Reformation is staggering. As we try to make sense of the religious wars, we’ll explore the following questions:

1. What role did chivalric virtues play in bolstering Protestantism in France?
2. Why did local Catholics in the Low Countries oppose an inquisition against Protestants?
3. How did the Treaty of Westphalia, which recognized Protestantism as legitimate, differ from the Peace of Augsburg a century earlier?