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: 9780195070132

ISBN-10: 0195070135

ISBN-13: 9780195070132

Edition: 1991

Authors: Barbara B. Diefendorf

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The religious conflicts of sixteenth-century France, in particular 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. Previous histories of the religious conflicts have been preoccupied with their political aspects, but have not examined the mass violence. Diefendorf focuses on popular religious fanaticism and religious hatred. She examines the roots and escalation of the conflicts, the propaganda of Catholic and Protestant…

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List price: $94.99
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/31/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 9.25" wide x 6.14" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.232
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