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Historiographical Introduction—Calvinism and Politics Historiographical Introduction—Calvinism and Politics
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The Historical Context The Historical Context
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Actors, Conceptual Models, and Symbolic Representations of International Calvinism Actors, Conceptual Models, and Symbolic Representations of International Calvinism
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Calvinism as an Actor in the International System—Political Alliances and Religious Unions Calvinism as an Actor in the International System—Political Alliances and Religious Unions
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Calvinist Patterns of Interpretation of the International Power System—An Eschatological Struggle between Christ and the Antichrist Calvinist Patterns of Interpretation of the International Power System—An Eschatological Struggle between Christ and the Antichrist
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Visualization and Symbolic Representations of the Calvinist Claims to Truth and Power Visualization and Symbolic Representations of the Calvinist Claims to Truth and Power
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Conclusion—Calvinism and International Politics in 1600 Conclusion—Calvinism and International Politics in 1600
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Notes Notes
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8 Calvinism as an Actor in the Early Modern State System around 1600: Struggle for Alliances, Patterns of Eschatological Interpretation, Symbolic Representation
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Published:September 2011
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The chapter explores political Calvinism in the late sixteenth century and early seventeenth century. It aims to show the close link between Calvinism and political activism on the international level and argues that this activism was not theologically motivated but that Calvinism had its own political persona. This interest in political action accounts, for among other things, Calvinists’ interest in building alliances with Lutheran states in their struggles against the Catholic powers, viewed as the enemy of both confessions. The chapter also argues that the eschatological view of war that political Calvinism espoused bore a large part in the disaster of the Thirty Years’ War.
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