Book contents
- Empire of Fear
- Empire of Fear
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Estates General
- 2 From Commonwealth to State
- 3 Retail Politics in Bailiwick and Local Assemblies
- 4 Civic Government
- 5 Provincial Estates
- 6 Puissance Absolue
- 7 The Commonwealth in the Shadows
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Puissance Absolue
Popes and Kings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 November 2025
Book contents
- Empire of Fear
- Empire of Fear
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Estates General
- 2 From Commonwealth to State
- 3 Retail Politics in Bailiwick and Local Assemblies
- 4 Civic Government
- 5 Provincial Estates
- 6 Puissance Absolue
- 7 The Commonwealth in the Shadows
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter analyzes the controversy that arose after the assassination of Henry IV in 1610 between the Jesuits, especially Cardinal Robert Bellarmine and Jacques Davy du Peron, and Louis XIII and his royalist supporters in France. Peron claimed in print that the young Louis XIII was illegitimate becasue the pope had annulled the marriage of Henry IV to Marguerite de Valois.. He further claimed that the popes authority was superior to that of kings. This chapter demonstrates that the language used to denounce Bellarmine and Peron by Gallican supporters of the crown, especially at the Estates General of 1614, underscored the vocabulary of the royal state.
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- Empire of FearFrom Monarchical Commonwealth to French Royal State, 1561–1651, pp. 234 - 269Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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