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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2012
      13 October 2005
      ISBN:
      9780511817922
      9780521838726
      9780521547505
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511817922
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.547kg, 260 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.422kg, 260 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
      Series:
      New Approaches to European History (36)
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    Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
    Series:
    New Approaches to European History (36)
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    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.

    Reviews

    ‘This book is the first comprehensive study of the wars to appear for over twenty years … it succeeds admirably in steering the reader through the confusing morass that is the history of the French Wars of Religion and provides the reader with a concise summary of current academic thinking on the matter … it would provide those members wishing to learn more about the ones with an excellent starting point.’

    Source: Arquebusier 24:3

    ‘Using brief biographies of the main actors of that time, figures, maps and an index, this book deals with a great amount of facts, questions, and ideas in a limited number of pages. Well written and carefully presented, it is a good and useful synthesis which gives an excellent overview of a deeply controversial period.’

    Source: Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire Moderne et Contemporaine 3-4

    ‘A skillful weaver of narrative and analysis... Holt .... offer[s] [a] masterful probing of complex and fascinating issues.’

    Source: Renaissance and Reformation

    ‘Holt... develops both a comprehensive narrative of the wars and an important synthesis of the scholarly literature... The book is balanced and extremely enjoyable to read.’

    Source: Sixteenth Century Journal

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