Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Why one 16th-century theologian’s advice for a bitterly divided nation holds true today

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Michael Bruening, Professor of History, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Ideological division was tearing the country apart. Factions denounced each other as unpatriotic and evil. There were attempted kidnappings and assassinations of political figures. Public monuments and art were desecrated all over the country.

This was France in the middle of the 16th century. The divisions were rooted in religion.

The Protestant minority denounced Catholics as “superstitious idolaters,” while the Catholics condemned Protestants as “seditious…

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