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SUMMARY:The Dickens Brooks Lecture - 'Faith and Survival: A Religious Hist
 ory of the Thirty Years' War’ - Professor Bridget Heal
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CONTACT:The Rt Hon Sir Simon Hughes
DESCRIPTION:The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) was Germany’s first ‘Grea
 t War’. Europe had experienced nothing like it before and would experien
 ce nothing like it again until the twentieth century. It brought with it a
  population loss of up to two-thirds in parts of the Holy Roman Empire and
  an unprecedented level of material destruction. The conflict was primaril
 y about governance\, politics\, and the balance of power within Europe. Bu
 t religious divisions also played a part. This lecture will serve as a cal
 l to augment the study of religion’s role in precipitating and prolongin
 g early modern conflict with a recognition of the importance of faith for 
 survival and recovery. It will consider the disruption of everyday religio
 us life during the war and will focus on resilience\, analysing the belief
 s and practices that helped individuals and communities endure prolonged c
 rises. Finally\, it will ask what religious recovery looked like\, explori
 ng the new stability of the post-war period. \n\nThe Dickens-Brooks Lectur
 e series was originally founded by Dr P N Brooks\, to celebrate the life a
 nd achievements of Professor A. G. Dickens\, the eminent Reformation histo
 rian and sometime Director of the Institute of Historical Research\, to ad
 vertise the major contribution of Cambridge to the study of the history of
  the Reformation\, understood in the widest sense to include also Theology
 \, Art History\, Music\, Architecture and Literature and to underline the 
 commitment of Robinson College to the furthering of these enquiries within
  and beyond the University.”\n\nThe speaker’s biography:\n\nProfessor 
 Bridget Heal studied in Cambridge and in London and has been at the Univer
 sity of St Andrews since 2002 where she is currently Head of History. Her 
 research focusses on the long-term impact of the Protestant and Catholic R
 eformations on German society and culture. The most distinctive element of
  her approach has been the incorporation of visual evidence into the broad
 er frameworks of religious history. She is the author of two monographs\, 
 The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Early Modern Germany: Protestant and Cathol
 ic Piety\, 1500-1648 and A Magnificent Faith: Art and Identity in Lutheran
  Germany as well as numerous articles and essays. She is currently writing
  a religious history of the Thirty Years War. \n\nAll welcome. This is a f
 ree\, ticketed event –register for tickets at https://www.tickettailor.c
 om/events/robinsoncollege/1127710  
LOCATION:Robinson College\, Crausaz Wordsworth Building\, Adams Road\, Cam
 bridge\, UK
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