Foreign Policy, Religious Conflict and Public Discourse in post-Westphalian Europe (1648-1713)

HET LOO PALACE, APELDOORN, THE NETHERLANDS, 7/8 JANUARY 2005

The concluding remarks by Benjamin Kaplan are now available
On 7 and 8 January 2005, The Williamite Universe organised its third annual conference, in Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, entitled Foreign Policy, Religious Conflict and Public Discourse in post-Westphalian Europe (1648-1713). This conference intended to gauge the continuous influence of religion on armed conflict after the so-called Wars of Religion. Speakers included Matthew Glozier (Canberra), Simon Groenveld (Leiden), Donald Haks (ING, The Hague), Ben Kaplan (London), Robert von Friedeburg (Rotterdam) and Paul Sonnino (Santa Barbara). For the abstracts click here or contact the organizers Simon Groenveld, David Onnekink and Esther Mijers at thewilliamiteuniverse@yahoo.com




- PROGRAMME -

Het Loo Palace 7 January 2005

9.30-10.00 Registration and coffee

10.00-10.15 General Introduction: Prof. Simon Groenveld (Leiden)
10.15-11.00 Key Note Lecture
Chair Dr Esther Mijers (Aberdeen)
- Prof. Robert von Friedeburg (Rotterdam): Religion and Warfare in the pamphlets of the 1672 rampjaar

11.00-12.15 The Legitimization of War I
Chair: Dr Martine van Ittersum (Dundee)
- Dr Jakub Basista (Krakow): The Idea of Antemurale Christianitas in the Polish Political thought in the Second Half of Seventeenth Century
- Dr Hans Blom (Rotterdam): Is there a 'ius post bellum' in Grotius?

12.15-12.30 Drs. Eelco Elzenga (Het Loo Palace): Introduction to Het Loo Palace
12.30-14.30 Lunch and free entrance into Het Loo Palace

14.30- 15.45: The Legitimization of War II
Chair: Dr David Onnekink (Utrecht)
- Ms Jill Stern (London): A righteous war and a papist peace; - war, peace and religion in the political rhetoric of the United Provinces 1648-1672
- Ms Emma Bergin (Hull): Defending the true faith. Religious themes in Dutch pamphlets on foreign policy, 1685-1690

15.45-16.15: Tea

16.15-17.30: The Legitimization of War III
Chair: Dr Anthony Claydon (Bangor)
- Dr Stephen Taylor (Reading): An English dissenter and the crisis of European protestantism: Roger Morrice's perceptions of European politics in the 1680s
- Dr Donald Haks (The Hague): Religion and War: Manifestos, Prayer Days and the States General 1672-1713.

17.30-19.00 Reception hosted by Research Institute for History and Culture, Utrecht University
20.00- Conference diner (by registration only)

Het Loo Palace 8 January 2005

9.30-10.00 Coffee 10.00-11.00 Key Note Lecture
Chair: Prof. Simon Groenveld (Leiden)
- Prof. Paul Sonnino (Santa Barbara): Plus royaliste que le pape: Louis XIV's religious policy and his guerre de Hollande  

11.00-12.15 War and Foreign Policy I
Chair: Dr Charles-Edouard Levillain (Lille)
- Dr Keith McLay (Chester): The blessed Trinity: The army, the navy and providence in the conduct of warfare, 1688-1713
- Dr David Onnekink (Utrecht): The last War of Religion? The Nine Years War (1688-1697) and its causes

12.15-13.15 Lunch

13.15-15.15 War and Foreign Policy II
Chair: tba
- Dr Christopher Storrs (Dundee): Spanish Policy in the Reign of Carlos II (1665-1700)
- Dr Wout Troost (Gouda): The role of religion in William III’s foreign policy
- Ms Natalia Petrovskaia (Tokyo/Cambridge): The Role of Holland in Russian External and Internal Politics in the Reign of Peter I (1689-1725)  

15.15-15.45 Tea

15.45-17.00 War and Foreign Policy III
Chair: Dr. Guus Veenendaal (The Hague)
- Dr Matthew Glozier (Sydney): Schomberg, Miremont, the Huguenot International and Protestant resistance in post-Revocation France
- Mr Stephane Jettot (Sorbonne): Trumbull, Savile and Godolphin: three English diplomats and their respective views on religion and foreign policy
 
17.00-17.15 concluding remarks: Prof. Benjamin Kaplan (London)