Iron and blood : civil wars in sixteenth century France / Henry Heller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heller, Henry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions--France--History--16th century.

Revolutions.

France--History--16th century.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Iron and Blood will permanently change the way we perceive sixteenth-century French history. Henry Heller shows that mounting social unrest in the first half of the century finally resulted in the French Civil Wars. Challenging the works of Fernand Braudel and Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Heller argues that well before the 1560s, in the midst of the apparent prosperity and tranquillity of the French Renaissance, French society was marked by acute social tensions that regularly exploded in uprisings and rebellions. Heller demonstrates that the historical events of sixteenth-century France were unified by an increasing level of social conflict.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Glossary

Introduction

The Golden Age Turns to Iron: The Small Producers’ Revolt

Bourgeois Calvinism and Aristocratic Reaction

The Huguenot Republic

The Commoners’ Revolt

The Democratic League

The Croquants’ Revolt

A Society of Orders in Crisis

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-183) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85188-8

9786612851889

0-7735-6276-1

OCLC:

929121081