Saint Bartholomew''s Day Massacre - The Mysteries of a Crime of State

Informationen zum Autor Joseph Bergin is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Manchester, Fellow of the British Academy and Correspondant Étranger, Institut de France. Klappentext A new English translation. Looks at the most notorious massacre in early modern European history and rejects most of the established accounts, especially those privileging conspiracy. Based on extensive research and a careful examination of existing interpretations, this is the most authoritative analysis of a shattering event. Zusammenfassung A new English translation. Looks at the most notorious massacre in early modern European history and rejects most of the established accounts! especially those privileging conspiracy. Based on extensive research and a careful examination of existing interpretations! this is the most authoritative analysis of a shattering event. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Translator's noteAuthor's AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART ONE: THE FRAGILITY OF CONCORD1. Trial by suspicion: the peace of 15702. Politics matrimonial and international3. The assault on peacePART TWO: SWORD OF GOD, SWORD OF THE KING4. Surgical strike5. Catholic furies6. The King's truth, reason of statePART THREE: ELUCIDATIONS AND RETORTS 7. Protestant misfortune in biblical perspective8. Political readings of the French tragedy9. The king's death, or the meaning of a massacre revealedConclusionAppendix: Sociology of the victims of the Massacre, 1572Sources and bibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Jouanna Arlette, Arlette Jouanna, Jouanna Arlette
• Assisted by: Joseph Bergin (Translation), Bergin Joseph (Translation)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2015
• EAN: 9780719097553
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9755-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, c 1500 onwards to present day, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, History and Archaeology, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599