Noble Power During the French Wars of Religion - The Guise Affinity and the Catholic Cause in Normandy

Klappentext A study of the political affinities of the Guise family in France during the sixtreenth century. Zusammenfassung Noble affinities were the essence of power in sixteenth-century France. This is the first book to analyse the development of a noble following during the whole course of the Wars of Religion and the first substantial study of the Guise-the most powerful family of the period-to appear for over a century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Introduction: the rise of the house of Lorraine in Normandy; 2. Servants and clients; 3. Faction, religious schism and dynastic strategy, 1558-62; 4. Civil war and blood feud, 1562-1574; 5. Malcontents and defenders of the faith: the building of a power base; 6. The triumph of the Guise affinity in Normandy; 7. The Catholic League in Normandy: hegemony and decline; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography.

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• Authors: Stuart Carroll, Stuart (University of York) Carroll, Carroll Stuart
• Assisted by: John Elliott (Editor), Olwen Hufton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2005
• EAN: 9780521023870
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02387-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / France, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599