Beneath the Cross Catholics and Huguenots in Sixteenth-Century Paris

Name: Beneath the Cross Catholics and Huguenots in Sixteenth-Century Paris
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ISBN: 9780195065541

ISBN-10: 0195065549

ISBN-13: 9780195065541

Edition: 1991

Authors: Barbara B. Diefendorf

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The religious conflicts of sixteenth-century France, particularly the St. Bartholomew's Day massacres of 1572, continue to draw a good deal of attention from historians. What started as a limited coup against the Huguenot leadership became instead a conflagration that left two thousand or more Protestants dead in the streets and ushered in a series of bloody religious battles. Until now, however, historians have been preoccupied with the political aspects of the conflicts, and histories have focused on the roles of the king and high noblemen in the assassinations that sparked the massacres, rather than the mass violence. In this compelling and unique study, Diefendorf closely examines…

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List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/31/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.44" wide x 9.56" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



The City and Its People


The Most Catholic Capital


The Intensification of Religious Hatreds, 1557-1562


War and Peace, 1562-1567


The Renewal of War and the Failure of Peace, 1567-1572


The Massacre in Paris


The Underground Church


The Shadow of God's Wings


The Bellows of Satan


The War in the Streets


Conclusion: Paris in the Religious Wars


Notes


Bibliography


Index