Princes, politics, and religion, 1547-1589 / N.M. Sutherland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutherland, N. M. (Nicola Mary), 1925- author.

Series:

History series (Hambledon Press) ; 30.

History series ; 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation.

Europe--History--1517-1648.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : The Hambledon Press, 1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The period following the treaty of Cateau-Cambresis and the death of Henry II in 1559 is of crucial importance in the history of France and of Europe; yet little that is satisfactory has been written about it. To this, the work of Dr N.M. Sutherland is a notable exception. Princes, Politics and Religion, 1547-1589 brings together all her major articles, not already reprinted elsewhere, together with an introduction and two completely new contributions. While mainly focusing on the immediate origins and early decades of the French civil wars, she also deals in a wider sense with the great ideol

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Was there an Inquisition in Reformation France?; 3 Catherine de Medici and the Ancien Régime; 4 Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre and the French Crisis of Authority, 1559-1562; 5 The Origins of Queen Elizabeth's Relations with the Huguenots, 1559-1562; 6 Queen Elizabeth and the Conspiracy of Amboise, March 1560; 7 The Cardinal of Lorraine and the Colloque of Poissy, 1561: A Reassessment; 8 The Assassination of François Due de Guise, February 1563; 9 The Role of Coligny in the French Civil Wars

10 The Massacre of St. Bartholomew and the Problem of Spain11 The Foreign Policy of Queen Elizabeth, the Sea Beggars and the Capture of Brill, 1572; 12 William of Orange and the Revolt of the Netherlands: A Missing Dimension; 13 Catherine de Medici: The Legend of the Wicked Italian Queen; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-20220-4

9786613202208

0-8264-6401-7

OCLC:

741690954