Politics, Polemic, and Political Thought During the French Wars of Religion The Life of Pierre de Belloy, c.1550–1611

by Innes, M. J. M.

• ISBN13: 9780198977087
• ISBN10: 0198977085
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780198977056
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2026-05-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author Biography

M. J. M. Innes, Barrister, Serle Court

M. J. M. Innes read History at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he remained for an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History. He was awarded a DPhil in History from University College, Oxford in 2020. He is now in full-time practice as a commercial and Chancery barrister.

Table of Contents

PrefaceIntroductionPart One: A Legal Life1. Pierre de Belloy: A Life, 1550–16112. Belloy in the World of the Courts, c. 1574–1611Part Two: Political Writing3. The Disputed Theories of French Royal Succession4. Catholicism without the Pope? Belloy's Gallican Defence of Navarre5. Patriotic Plagiarism, Divine Right, Sovereignty, and Obedience6. Belloy's Defence of the Edicts of PacificationConclusion