Local Politics in the French Wars of Religion
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Catholic League
Chambre Ardente
Claude Haton
De Guise
De Reims
De Rosne
duc
Duc De Bouillon
Duc De Guise
early modern France
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Henri III
Henri IV
Henri IV's Conversion
Henri IV’s Conversion
Home Town
Huguenot Movement
Huguenot Worship
La Vieuville
league
local response to heresy
Military Headquarters
municipal governance
Noblesse Seconde
Procureur Du Roi
provincial administration
religious conflict studies
Saint Pierre De
Saint Remi De Reims
sixteenth-century historiography
St Bartholomew Massacre
St Mard
urban elite power
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- ISBN 9780754655930
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 21 Apr 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Drawing on the municipal archives of eleven French provincial towns as well as other related sources, this book explores the links between local and national politics during the Wars of Religion of the later sixteenth century. It argues that the response of the French towns to the challenge of heresy, and later the Catholic League, was conditioned by local circumstances. Whilst previous work has been published on the urban dimensions to the Wars of Religion, few studies provide a study of an entire province, allowing as this book does, the opportunity to explicitly compare several towns. After a detailed topographical introduction, placing in context the towns of the region and describing their differing urban constitutions, the following chapters deal with the crisis points of the Wars of Religion. This book sits squarely in the forefront of one of the dominant themes in the historiography of early modern France: the importance of the local community and local elites in political structures and political life. As such, it will prove fruitful reading for all scholars with an interest in early modern French urban and political culture.
Mark W. Konnert is Associate Professor at the University of Calgary, Canada.
