French Wars of Religion : Selected Documents Paperback / softback
by David Potter, trans
Part of the Documents in History series
Paperback / softback
Description
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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, XXIV, 304 p.
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:05/01/1998
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- ISBN:9780333647998
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, XXIV, 304 p.
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:05/01/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780333647998