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In considering the “blood wedding” in Paris and its significance for the Holy Roman Empire, we shall treat first the political and religious situation in the Empire between the Peace of Augsburg and the outbreak of the Thirty Years’ War, next the impact of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, and finally the importance of the event and political developments for toleration.
Research for this paper was completed with the help of a fellowship awarded by the American Council of Learned Societies.
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Spitz, L.W. (1974). Imperialism, Particularism and Toleration in the Holy Roman Empire. In: Soman, A. (eds) The Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Archives Internationales D’histoire des Idees / International Archives of the History of Ideas, vol 75. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1601-8_5
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