Blood and religion : the conscience of Henri IV, 1553-1593 /
A detailed study of the relationship between religion and politics in sixteenth-century France, as reflected through the early career of King Henri IV. This book concludes with a close analysis of Henri's conversion to Catholicism in July 1593, including the king's crisis of conscience as...
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Montreal, Que. :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2001.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Reader
- Introduction: Interpreting Henri IV
- Mother and Son, December 1553 to August 1572
- The Counterfeit Catholic, August 1572 to February 1576
- Blood, Belief, Behaviour, and the Shaping of a King, February 1576 to June 1584
- The Years of Uncertainty, June 1584 to August 1589
- The Years of Uneasy Balance, September 1589 to October 1591
- The Years of Despair and Diminishing Choices, November 1591 to April 1593
- Conversion and the Conscience of the King, May to July 1593
- Conclusion: Reinterpreting Henri IV
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
