Noble Power during the French Wars of Religion
The Guise Affinity and the Catholic Cause in Normandy
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- Author: Stuart Carroll, University of York
- Date Published: November 2005
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521023870
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Noble affinities were the essence of power in sixteenth-century France. This is the first book to analyze the development of a noble following during the whole course of the Wars of Religion. The Guise were one of the greatest families of Christendom and this is the first substantial work on them for a century. In Normandy, a stronghold of Protestantism, they built a formidable ultra-Catholic party that ultimately challenged the monarchy. This book breaks new ground by discussing all groups in political society, from international dynastic politics to peasant revolt.
Read more- The first full study of the Guise family, one of the great families of Christendom, for over a century
- Looks at the workings of political society in a new way and in all its parts
- Examines aristocratic ultra-catholicism, by contrast with the protestant bias of most studies of the period
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"The author provides valuable insights into Guisard activities on the national level, such as the St. Bartholomew's Massacre and efforts on behalf of their kinswoman, Mary Stuart. Based on extensive archival research, this book should lead to a reconsideration of the Guise role in the religious wars." Choice
See more reviews"[Carroll's] book rests on a remarkable body of archival research and on an unmatched reconstruction of specific political happenings; and it gives unusually close attention to the lesser lights among the Guise, alongside the acknowledged stars. This very impressive research permits a more balanced appreciation of the Guise than we usually get, as well as numerous corrections of other historians' errors of detail." Catholic Historical Review
"The author is to be praised...for expanding our knowledge of early modern French clientage." Sharon Kettering, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
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- Date Published: November 2005
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521023870
- length: 320 pages
- dimensions: 234 x 156 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.452kg
- contains: 6 b/w illus. 8 maps 5 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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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