Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Maps, Portraits, and Figures vi
4. Acknowledgments vii
5. 1. Dynasties and Political Culture in Renaissance Europe 1
6. 2. Violence and Honor: Jacques de Savoie in the Service of Henry II, 1546–1558 27
7. 3. Honor, Sexuality, and Marriage in the Françoise de Rohan Scandal 44
8. 4. Treaties, Tragedy, Tumults, and the First War of Religion, 1558–1563 79
9. 5. The Apanage of the Genevois and Its New Duchess, 1564–1566 102
10. 6. Renaissance Warrior and Courtier, ca. 1566–1570 128
11. 7. Dynastic Prestige, A Self-Regulating Mechanism: Dynastic Relations among Members of the House of Savoy 156
12. 8. Local Political Autonomy in the Apanage of the Genevois 186
13. 9. Conflicts of the Late 1570s 213
14. 10. Piedmontese Postlude 235
15. Bibliography 257
16. Index 275