Benjamin J Kaplan: 1 book
Cunegonde's Kidnapping
A Story of Religious Conflict in the Age of Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
In a remote village on the Dutch-German border, a young Catholic woman named Cunegonde tries to kidnap a baby to prevent it from being baptized in a Protestant church. When she is arrested, fellow Catholics stage an armed raid to free her from detention. These dramatic events of 1762 triggered a cycle...
