| Acknowledgments |
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| Abbreviations |
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| Plate: Jeanne III d'Albert |
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Map: Gouvernement General de Guienne et Guascogne |
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| Introduction |
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| Part One: The Promised Land |
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The Land of Aquitaine or Guyenne |
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Crossing the river at Bordeaux, April 1470 |
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What was Aquitaine or Guyenne before 1555? |
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18 | (8) |
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In what ways was Guyenne particular? |
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26 | (6) |
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Why was Guyenne a cradle of Protestantism? |
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32 | (11) |
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43 | (34) |
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Pamplona, 10 January 1494 |
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43 | (1) |
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The rise and rise of the House of Albert |
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44 | (6) |
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50 | (3) |
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53 | (5) |
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Governors and admirals of Guyenne |
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58 | (5) |
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The evangelising of Marguerite? |
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63 | (6) |
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69 | (8) |
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The Evangelising of Jeanne, 1555-1560 |
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77 | (44) |
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77 | (8) |
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Geneva and Guyenne, 1534-1557 |
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85 | (16) |
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Geneva and Bearn-Navarre, 1557-1559 |
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101 | (7) |
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The Conversion of Jeanne, 1560 |
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108 | (13) |
| Part Two: Exodus |
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`Christ is Risen Again in Aquitaine': The Politicising of Jeanne, 1561-1567 |
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121 | (51) |
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121 | (1) |
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Issigeac, February-May 1561 |
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122 | (10) |
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On the road to Poissy, 19 July 1561: `all the heretics waiting expectantly, as if for the Messiah' |
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132 | (11) |
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War and desolation: `The cause is so just,' 13 May 1562 |
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143 | (5) |
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Death and resurrection: `Christ is risen again in Aquitaine,' 1562 |
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148 | (4) |
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`In Bearn I recognise only God': Jeanne sovereign, 1563-1567 |
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152 | (13) |
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`A fatal necessity': the isolating of Protestant Guyenne, 1567 |
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165 | (7) |
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The Road to La Rochelle: `The God of Armies will sustain his so just and good cause': Jeanne Militant, 1568 |
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172 | (43) |
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172 | (5) |
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Nerac, 1 September 1568: `The Children of Abraham now having gone out of Egypt' |
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177 | (11) |
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Nerac, 6 September 1568: `They must make the whole leap to surge forth to the promised land' |
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188 | (8) |
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`To the service of my God, my King, my homeland and my blood': Bergerac, 16 September 1568 |
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196 | (9) |
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La Rochelle, 28 September 1568: `I had the war in my guts' |
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205 | (3) |
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Geneva, 6 February 1569: `All Aquitaine this side of the Garonne is ours, except Bordeaux' |
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208 | (7) |
| Part Three: Sanctuary |
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Journey to the End of Night: The Great Retreat, 1569-1570 |
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215 | (50) |
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Bearn and Bordeaux, March and April 1569 |
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215 | (2) |
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La Rochelle, January to June 1569: `Pax certa, Victoria integra, Mors honesta' |
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217 | (4) |
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`The land of the Amorites' |
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221 | (7) |
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Bearn, June to September 1569: `a war so holy as this, which is the question of the honour and glory of God' |
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228 | (11) |
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La Rochelle to the river Garonne, October to December 1569: `The cities that are on the banks of the Arnon' |
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239 | (12) |
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`Lost beneath the waves of the Garonne,' January 1570: `The peace that the king wants to give us, he wants to sign with the point of his sword' |
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251 | (14) |
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To the City of Blood, 1570-1572 |
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265 | (42) |
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The Royal Road: La Rochelle, September 1570-August 1571 |
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265 | (8) |
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`By baton blows': Jeanne's Ordonnances of March 1570-March 1571 |
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273 | (5) |
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`The battle between theocracy and democracy': The Synod and Confession of La Rochelle, April 1571 |
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278 | (6) |
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`The entire restoration of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ': Jeanne's Ordonnances ecclesiastiques, Pau, 26 November 1571 |
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284 | (8) |
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To the City of Blood, January-August 1572 |
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292 | (7) |
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299 | (8) |
| Conclusion |
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307 | (10) |
| Appendix |
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317 | (8) |
| Illustrations, Plates 3-14 |
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325 | (14) |
| Bibliography |
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339 | (28) |
| Index |
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