Author: Edward Tyler BlairPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Henry of Navarre and the Religious Wars
Author: Edward Tyler BlairPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Henry of Navarre and the Religious Wars
Author: Edward-T. BlairThe French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629
Author: Mack P. HoltPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521358736
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A new look at the French wars of religion, designed for undergraduate students and general readers.
Henry of Navarre and the Religious Wars, by Edward T. Blair
Author: Edward Tyler BlairThe French Wars of Religion, 1562–1629
Author: Mack P. HoltPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139447676
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This 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.
Henry of Navarre, the King who Dared
Author: Hesketh PearsonPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Religious Wars of France
Author: Jonathan DuncanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The French Wars of Religion, 1559-1598
Author: Robert Jean KnechtPublisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Taken from a series which provides analyses of complex issues in A level modern history topics, this book looks at the France during 1559-1598. It examines the effects of the civil war - political, economic and social - and considers the extent of the kingdom's recovery under Henry IV.
The French Wars of Religion
Author: Arthur Augustus TilleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The Conversion of Henri IV
Author: Michael WolfePublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"Paris is worth a Mass". So said Henri IV on his conversion to Catholicism, according to cynics, and the motives behind the act have been the stuff of history ever since. The Conversion of Henri IV reclaims the religious significance of this momentous event in the development of the French monarchy and early modern political culture. Michael Wolfe offers an in-depth account of the political, diplomatic, and theological dimensions of the 1593 conversion of the Protestant Henri de Navarre. Where others have emphasized the ideological aspects of the conflict sparked by the conversion, Wolfe situates the controversy within contemporary ideas about confessional change and practice, as well as the historical traditions that defined what it meant to be French. Using pamphlets, sermons, letters, and memoranda, he traces the conversion crisis as it unfolded in the minds of the king's subjects and as it affected their loyalties and actions during the last religious wars. In this analysis, the public response to Henri IV's conversion reveals a great deal about contemporary notions of personal piety and the Church, political ideals and the state, as well as social identity and obligations. Joining the history of mentalite with that of political and religious behavior, Wolfe also pays close attention to the impact of military and political developments. This approach helps explain the fundamental role of Henri IV's conversion in the establishment and acceptance of Bourbon absolutism in the last two centuries of the ancien regime. While not denying the political importance of Henri IV's conversion, this book underscores the profound religious implications of the event. It puts religion back into theWars of Religion and thereby enhances our understanding of the rise of the early modern French state.