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9780582285330

The French Wars of Religion 1559-1598

by Knecht, R.
  • ISBN13:

    9780582285330

  • ISBN10:

    058228533X

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-01-01
  • Publisher: Longman
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Summary

This is a lucid account of one the most turbulent periods of French history. The author not only surveys the wars and the political ideas which they generated but also examines the effects of the wars on the French state, economy and society before evaluating the extent of France's recovery under Henry IV.

Table of Contents

The Background
The growth of Calvinism
The nobility in crisis
Analysis
The crisis of 1559-60
Catherine de'Medici and the colloquy of Poissy
The first three religious wars
The massacre of St Bartholome
Huguenot survival and resistance
The catholic league
`Paris is worth a mass': the triumph of Henry of Navarre
Assessment
The destructiveness of the wars
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