French Wars of Religion: Selected Documents - Brossura

Potter, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0333647998 ISBN 13: 9780333647998

Casa editrice: Red Globe Pr, 1998

Riassunto

This book aims - through translations of key documents concerning communal religious violence, political confrontation and war - to provide the means to study the French Wars of Religion through the most important contemporary sources.

Documents include: key legislative acts of the period from the edicts concerning religion and toleration in 1560-62 to the 1590s; sources on types of religious violence during the early years of the wars; a detailed examination of the massacre of Saint Bartholomew; and the breakdown of royal authority in the 1580s and its restoration by Henry IV.

Each section is accompanied by a commentary which guides the reader through the documents translated.

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Recensione:

'This volume of documents represents an excellent handbook for the student interested in exploring and understanding the Wars of Religion, either as part of a survey course or at a more specialist level. As such, it also provides a welcome relief to those trying to teach the wars who, to date, have been hampered by the lack of sources available in English.' - Penny Roberts, French History

L'autore:

DAVID POTTER is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Kent.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Red Globe Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0333647998
• ISBN 13: 9780333647998
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304