War and the Supernatural in Early Modern Europe

War and the Supernatural in Early Modern Europe is a research project funded by the European Research Council and hosted by Queen’s University Belfast. Our team of four historians, led by Dr Ian Campbell, is re-examining the relationship between faith and force in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

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What was a religious war before the invention of our modern secular sphere? How did the most prestigious intellectuals in early modern society distinguish wars fought for natural purposes from wars fought for supernatural purposes, when human reason itself was thought to be a gift from God? Read more about our aims 

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