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A religious war is a war fought due to religious reasons. For the purpose of such definitions, this includes wars between Protestants and Catholics because of different religious denomination during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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(2008). Religious Wars . In: Kirch, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Public Health. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5614-7_2986
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