War And Religion Europe And The Mediterranean From The First Through The Twentyfirst Centuries Arnaud Blin by Arnaud Blin 9780520286634, 0520286634 instant download after payment.

With the resurgence of violent terrorist organizations claiming to act in the name of God, the issue of violence and religion has resurfaced in the public debate in dramatic fashion, rekindling our interest in its history.
 
The first book of its kind,War and Religiontakes a hard look at the tumultuous history of war in its relationship to religion, first examining how this relationship began and concluding with why it never really ended. Taking a panoramic view of the tangled history of war and religion throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, the story begins with the concurrent emergence of the Mediterranean empires and the great monotheistic faiths, eventually moving through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and into the modern era. For each time period, Arnaud Blin shows us how religion not only fueled a great number of conflicts but also defined the manner in which wars were conducted and fought.