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Bourel, Guillaume; Chevallier, Marielle: Histoire 2e. Paris: Hatier, 2006, 113.

Einheit und Vielfalt der Religionen im Europa des 16. Jahrhunderts

In accordance with the curricula of the year 2000, the authors depict here the turbulence within Europe on account of humanism and the renaissance. Part Four is divided into two chapters. Chapter 6 focuses on The Renaissance: A New Worldview, and Chapter 7 addresses the New European Order: Conquests and Divisions. The authors have placed two maps of Europe side by side on the double page that introduces Part Four; the first map shows the centres of humanism in Europe, while the second – the subject of this commentary – presents Europe in terms of its political and religious relations.

The introductory double page of the fourth part offers two contrasting cards. While the left-hand map on a uniform yellow background represents the centers of the Renaissance in Europe, the right-hand map titled The Political and Religious Europe of the 16th Century presents a colorful palette of bold colors: the authors show the center of the European continent as a fragmented space - the religious fragmentation of Europe (p. 138).

Bourel, Guillaume

Chevallier, Marielle

The history textbook Histoire 2 was designed for the use at the upper secondary level in France.

Hatier

[p. 112]

PARTIE IV

Humanisme et Renaissance : la naissance de l’homme occidental

[Legend of symbols, from top:] Capitale de la Renaissance - Foyer de la Renaissance - Principales universités ou principaux collèges et centre d’imprimerie - Grands centres d’humanisme - Château de la Loire
[Frame with arrow in the map:] Foyer de la Renaissance flamande [in the north] - Foyer de la Renaissance française [in the west] - Foyer de la Renaissance allemande [in the east] - Foyer de la Renaissance italienne [in the south]

[Caption of the map, textbox under the map:] Les foyers de l’humanisme

[p. 113]

[Legend of symbols, from left:] États protestants - Luthériens - Calvinistes - Anglicans Diffusion du protestantisme - Lieu de publication des thèses de Luther - Diffusion du luthéranisme - Diffusion du calvinisme à partir de Genève - Minorités calvinistes en France - Foyers calvinistes Contre-réforme et affrontements religieux - États ou régions demeurés catholiques - Offensives de la contre-réforme - Guerres de religion au XVIe siècle [on the far right:] - Empire turc (musulmans et chrétiens orthodoxes)

[Caption of the map, textbox under the map:] L'Europe politique et religieuse du XVIe siècle

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