Duke of Anjou and the Politique Struggle During the Wars of Religion

Zusammenfassung From the beginning of the French Wars of Religion a small minority of toleration-minded Protestants and Catholics sought out a via media to end the civil wars which were destroying France. Later called politiques by their more zealous Catholic opponents who favoured religious uniformity, this group turned to François de Valois, duke of Alençon and Anjou in the 1570s to champion their cause. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Prologue: civil war and the early years of François de Valois, 1555-72; 2. From St Bartholomew's Day to the death of Charles IX, August 1572-May 1574; 3. War and peace, May 1574-May 1576; 4. The Estates-General and the renewal of civil war, May 1576-September 1577; 5. Overtures from the Netherlands, September 1577-January 1579; 6. Civil war, marriage, and more overtures from the Netherlands, January 1579-December 1580; 7. Ménage à trois: Elizabeth, Anjou, and the Deutch Revolt, January 1581-February 1582; 8. Turmoil in the Netherlands, February 1582-January 1583; 9. 'The ruin of France', January 1583-June 1584; Appendices; Selected bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Mack P. Holt, Mark P. Holt, Professor Mack P. Holt
• Assisted by: John Elliott (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2002
• EAN: 9780521892780
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89278-0
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, CE period up to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval