# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Spiritual and Secular Authority in Early Modern Europe
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 29 Sep, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Wed, 30 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Spiritual and Secular Authority in Early Modern Europe:
Trans-Regional PerspectivesAbout this EventA two-day workshop to reflect on how ideas, models, and paradigms about Church-state relations and the role of civil authorities in matters of religion travelled across regional borders in early modern Europe.Venue: Doctorow Hall, St Edmund Hall, OxfordProgramme:29 September14.00-14.30 Welcome and registration14.30-14.45 Opening remarks14.45-16.00 Panel 1 – The Anglo-Dutch connectionSarah Mortimer (Oxford) – ‘The Remonstrants and the Church of England’Polly Ha (Duke) – ‘Dualism before Descartes? Revisiting Anglo-Dutch ecclesiastical politics’16.00-16.30 Coffee16.30-18.15 Panel 2 – Thinkers, texts, and their receptionMarco Barducci (Pavia) – ‘Entangled contexts of Grotius’s jus circa sacra: sources, receptions, and comparisons’Francesco Quatrini (Firenze) – ‘Johann Crell's Vindiciae pro religionis libertate (1637) from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to the European context’Colin Donnelly (Oxford) – ‘"We ought moare to obey God then men": authority in the early English and German Reformations’18.15-19.00 Drinks reception30 September10.45-12.00 Panel 3 – Crossing confessional traditionsAtsuko Fukuoka (Tokyo) – ‘What does the “state of nature” concept obscure? Grotius’s attempt to systemize sources of law between the perspectives of the Salamanca School and mos geometricus’Chiara Petrolini (Bologna) – ‘A corsair's Qur'an: Sarpi and the jurisdiction of the critic’12.15-13.30 Lunch13.30-14.45 Panel 4 – Trends in European CatholicismIan Campbell (Belfast) – ‘Scotists, Jansenists and the state of nature: Bonaventure Baron on the origins of human society’Stefania Tutino (UCLA) – ‘How long was Rome’s arm? Enforcing authority across early modern Catholic Europe’14.45-15.15 Coffee15.15-16.30 Panel 5 – Roots and dissemination of Reformed political ideasLorenzo Paoli (Geneva) – ‘Prisca politica: Pre-Roman antiquities and the origins of spiritual and temporal power in Reformation Europe’Odile Panetta (Oxford) – ‘Higher education and the dissemination of political theology in Reformed Europe’16.30-17.00 Coffee17.00-18.00 Roundtable discussion
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oxford/spiritual-and-secular-authority-in-early-modern-europe/100001996819273199
- **Event Categories**: workshops
- **Slot details of has slots**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0
- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 4 hours
  - Location: St Edmund Hall
  - Languages: English

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Oxford
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: St Edmund Hall
- **lat**: 51.753072
- **long**: -1.249984
- **full address**: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane, Oxford, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Spiritual and Secular Authority in Early Modern Europe being held?
  - **A:** Spiritual and Secular Authority in Early Modern Europe takes place on Tue, 29 Sep, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Wed, 30 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm at St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane, Oxford, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Spiritual and Secular Authority in Early Modern Europe?
  - **A:** Spiritual and Secular Authority in Early Modern Europe is organized by Odile Panetta (odile.panetta@history.ox.ac.uk).
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Spiritual and Secular Authority in Early Modern Europe is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Oxford, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Spiritual and Secular Authority in Early Modern Europe sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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