Arlette Jouanna

The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre (eBook, ePUB)

The mysteries of a crime of state
Übersetzer: Bergin, Joseph

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On 18 August 1572, Paris hosted the lavish wedding of Marguerite de Valois and Henri de Navarre, which was designed to seal the reconciliation of France's Catholics and Protestants. Only six days later, the execution of the Protestant leaders on the orders of the king's council unleashed a vast massacre by Catholics of thousands of Protestants in Paris and elsewhere. Why was the celebration of concord followed so quickly by such unrestrained carnage? Arlette Jouanna's new reading of the most notorious massacre in early modern European history rejects most of the established accounts, especially those privileging conspiracy, in favour of an explanation based on ideas of reason of state. The Massacre stimulated reflection on royal power, the limits of authority and obedience, and the danger of religious division for France's political traditions. Based on extensive research and a careful examination of existing interpretations, this book is the most authoritative analysis of a shattering event.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526112187
• Artikelnr.: 48796228

Autorenporträt

Arlette Jouanna is Professor Emerita of History at the University of Montpellier-III, France Joseph Bergin is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Manchester, Fellow of the British Academy and Correspondant Étranger, Institut de France.

Inhaltsangabe

Translator's note Author's Acknowledgements Introduction PART ONE: THE
FRAGILITY OF CONCORD 1. Trial by suspicion: the peace of 1570 2. Politics
matrimonial and international 3. The assault on peace PART TWO: SWORD OF
GOD, SWORD OF THE KING 4. Surgical strike 5. Catholic furies 6. The King's
truth, reason of state PART THREE: ELUCIDATIONS AND RETORTS 7. Protestant
misfortune in biblical perspective 8. Political readings of the French
tragedy 9. The king's death, or the meaning of a massacre revealed
Conclusion Appendix: Sociology of the victims of the Massacre, 1572 Sources
and bibliography Index