The French Wars of Religion, 1562–1629This book is a 2005 edition of Mack P. Holt's classic study of the French religious wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Drawing on the scholarship of social and cultural historians of the Reformation, it shows how religion infused both politics and the socio-economic tensions of the period to produce a long extended civil war. Professor Holt integrates court politics and the political theory of the elites with the religious experiences of the popular classes, offering a fresh perspective on the wars and on why the French were willing to kill their neighbors in the name of religion. The book has been created specifically for undergraduates and general readers with no background knowledge of either French history or the Reformation. This edition updates the text in the light of new work published in the decade prior to publication and the 'Suggestions for further reading' has been completely re-written. |
Contents
Maps | 10 |
Gallicanism and reform in the sixteenth century | 11 |
Protestant churches in 1562 | 31 |
the early wars of religion | 50 |
Royal Tour of the Provinces 156466 | 61 |
The Third Civil War 156870 | 70 |
the making of | 76 |
The St Bartholomews Massacres | 92 |
Principal cities of the Catholic League | 137 |
the remaking | 156 |
Areas of Peasant Revolts 159394 | 158 |
the last war of religion 16101629 | 178 |
Royal military campaigns of 1620 1621 | 183 |
economic impact social change | 195 |
Figures | 200 |
5 Index of agricultural yields derived from | 206 |
the unmaking of the body | 99 |
Areas of Peasant Revolts 1579 | 114 |
the crisis of the League 15841593 | 123 |
7 Royal income 160017 | 218 |
Genealogical charts | 226 |
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