Authority and Society in Nantes during the French Wars of Religion, 1558-1598

by Tingle, Elizabeth C.

• ISBN13: 9780719067266
• ISBN10: 071906726X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781847795922
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-14
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
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Summary

This study explores the theory and practice of authority during the later sixteenth century, in the religious culture and political institutions of the city of Nantes, where the religious wars traditionally came to an end with the great Edict of 1598.

Author Biography

Elizabeth C. Tingle is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Northampton.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Authority and society in sixteenth-century Nantes

Setting the scene: the city and its people in the mid-sixteenth century

Challenges to authority: the development of Protestantism in Nantes 1558-1572

City governance in crisis: crown, Conseil and municipality in the early religious wars 1559-1574

Taxation, war and rebellion. Nantes and Henry III 1574-1589

The authority of tradition. Catholicism in Nantes 1560-1589

Nantes and the Catholic League rebellion 1589-1598

Conclusions. Authority and society in Nantes during the religious wars

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