The French Wars of Religion 1559-1598

by Knecht,R. J.

• ISBN13: 9781408228197
• ISBN10: 140822819X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317862307
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780582285330
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-06-10
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

In the second half of the sixteenth century, France was racked by religious civil wars and peace was only restored when Henry of Navarre finally converted to Catholicism, deciding-in his immortal phrase-that 'Paris is worth a mass'

Author Biography

R.J. Knecht is Emeritus Professor of French history, University of Birmingham.

Table of Contents

Preface to the third edition	p. x
Publisher's acknowledgements	p. xi
Note on referencing system	p. xii
Chronology	p. xiii
Who's who	p. xxii
Glossary	p. xxx
Maps	p. xxxiv
Analysis	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
The Growth of Calvinism	p. 7
John Calvin (1509-64)	p. 7
The creation of a militant church	p. 9
The Conspiracy of Amboise (1560)	p. 12
The impact of Calvinism	p. 12
The Kingdom in Crisis	p. 14
Calvinism and the nobility	p. 14
The growth of faction	p. 18
The crisis of 1559-60	p. 21
Catherine De' Medici and the Colloquy of Poissy	p. 29
The regency of Catherine de' Medici (1560-64)	p. 29
The Colloquy of Poissy (1561)	p. 30
The Edict of January (1562)	p. 33
The First Three Religious Wars	p. 34
The first war (1562-63)	p. 35
The second war (1567-68)	p. 39
The third war (1568-70)	p. 40
The Massacre of St Bartholomew	p. 43
Coligny and the Dutch revolt	p. 43
The Valois-Navarre marriage	p. 46
An unsatisfactory peace	p. 46
The massacre in Paris	p. 49
The provincial massacres	p. 51
Huguenot Survival and Resistance	p. 53
The United Provinces of the Midi	p. 54
The Huguenot doctrine of resistance	p. 56
Henry III	p. 62
Henry III: A controversial monarch	p. 63
The Catholic League	p. 65
The Duke of Anjou	p. 66
The disputed succession	p. 67
The 'Day of the Barricades'	p. 70
'paris Is Worth A Mass': The Triumph Of Henry IV	p. 74
The political thought of the League	p. 75
The accession of Henry IV	p. 78
The end of the League	p. 80
The Edict of Nantes	p. 81
Conclusion	p. 85
The political effects of the wars	p. 86
The social and economic effects of the wars	p. 91
Recovery?	p. 96
Documents	p. 99
The Tumult of Amboise, 1560	p. 100
Michel de l'Hopital: the voice of moderation, 13 December 1560	p. 101
The Colloquy of Poissy, 9 September-18 October 1561	p. 103
Monluc in Guyenne,1562	p. 104
The situation in 1562: A Venetian view of France	p. 105
Promises to avenge the murder of Francois, duke of Guise, 1563	p. 107
The St Bartholomew's Day Massacre, 1572	p. 108
The Huguenot state in the south, 1572	p. 109
Francogallia by Francois Hotman, 1573	p. 110
The Right of Magistrates by Théodore de Bèze, 1574	p. 111
The Peace of Monsieur, 6 May 1576	p. 113
The Royal Mignons, July 1576	p. 115
The Defence of Liberty against Tyrants by Philippe Du Plessis-Mornay, 1579	p. 116
The Order of the Holy Ghost, January 1579	p. 117
The 'Day of the Barricades', 12 May 1588	p. 118
The murder of Henri, Duke of Guise, at Blois, 23 December 1588	p. 120
The death of Catherine de' Medici, 5 January 1589	p. 123
The assassination of Henry III, 1 August 1589	p. 124
An apologia for the Sixteen, 1593	p. 125
The Edict of Nantes, 30 April 1598	p. 127
Henry IVs speech to the Parlement of Paris, 7 February 1599	p. 131
Genealogies	p. 132
The later Valois	p. 132
The house of Guise-Lorraine	p. 133
The house of Montmorency	p. 134
The house of Bourbon-Vendôme	p. 135
Further Reading	p. 136
References	p. 143
Index	p. 155
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