The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629This book is a new 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Gallicanism and reform in the sixteenth century | 7 |
the early wars of religion 15621570 | 50 |
the making of a massacre 15701574 | 76 |
the unmaking of the body politic 15741584 | 99 |
the crisis of the League 15841593 | 123 |
the remaking of Gallicanism 15931610 | 156 |
the last war of religion 16101629 | 178 |
economic impact social change and absolutism | 195 |
Brief biographies | 227 |
Suggestions for further reading | 232 |
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