Wars of Religion

Wars of Religion

Wars of Religion may refer to:

*European wars of religion, the European religious conflicts of the 16th and 17th centuries
*French Wars of Religion, the 16th century catholic-protestant conflicts in France
*Crusades, the Muslim-Christian conflicts in medieval Palestine
*Jihad, the Islamic concept of religious conflict


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