Title: The book that changed Europe
Subtitle: Picart and Bernard's Religious ceremonies of the world
Description: "Two French Protestant refugees in eighteenth-century Amsterdam gave the world an extraordinary work that intrigued and outraged readers across Europe. In this captivating account, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob, and Wijnand Mijnhardt take us to the vibrant Dutch Republic and its flourishing book trade to explore the work that sowed the radical idea that religions could be considered on equal terms."--Jacket.
Subjects: Religions, Early works to 1800, Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, Rites and ceremonies, Religious refugees, Religion and politics, Europe, religion, Religions (proposed, universal, etc.), Godsdiensten
People: Bernard Picart (1673-1733), Jean Frédéric Bernard (d. 1752)