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Introduction

The enigmas of Saint Bartholomew’s Day

Abstract

From the outset the book evokes the horrors of the August 1572 Massacre in Paris, contrasting them with the magnificence of a great royal marriage that took place only a few days earlier in an atmosphere of peace and reconciliation. How could two such radically different events follow each other so quickly? What secrets lie behind their dénouement? The author probes these enigmas and how historians have tried to deal with a subject so perennially enveloped in conspiracy theories.

Abstract

From the outset the book evokes the horrors of the August 1572 Massacre in Paris, contrasting them with the magnificence of a great royal marriage that took place only a few days earlier in an atmosphere of peace and reconciliation. How could two such radically different events follow each other so quickly? What secrets lie behind their dénouement? The author probes these enigmas and how historians have tried to deal with a subject so perennially enveloped in conspiracy theories.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Translator’s note vii
  4. Author’s acknowledgements ix
  5. Abbreviations xi
  6. Glossary of French terms xiii
  7. Introduction 1
  8. Part I The fragility of concord
  9. 1 Trial by suspicion 19
  10. 2 Politics matrimonial and international 43
  11. 3 The assault on peace 73
  12. Part II Sword of God, sword of the King
  13. 4 Surgical strike 97
  14. 5 Catholic furies 123
  15. 6 The King’s truth, reason of the state 157
  16. Part III Clarifications and responses
  17. 7 Protestant misfortune in biblical perspective 181
  18. 8 Political readings of the French tragedy 199
  19. 9 The King’s death, or the meaning of a massacre revealed 222
  20. Conclusion 238
  21. Appendix 243
  22. Sources and bibliography 244
  23. Index 265
The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre
Ein Kapitel aus dem Buch The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526112194.00007

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Translator’s note vii
  4. Author’s acknowledgements ix
  5. Abbreviations xi
  6. Glossary of French terms xiii
  7. Introduction 1
  8. Part I The fragility of concord
  9. 1 Trial by suspicion 19
  10. 2 Politics matrimonial and international 43
  11. 3 The assault on peace 73
  12. Part II Sword of God, sword of the King
  13. 4 Surgical strike 97
  14. 5 Catholic furies 123
  15. 6 The King’s truth, reason of the state 157
  16. Part III Clarifications and responses
  17. 7 Protestant misfortune in biblical perspective 181
  18. 8 Political readings of the French tragedy 199
  19. 9 The King’s death, or the meaning of a massacre revealed 222
  20. Conclusion 238
  21. Appendix 243
  22. Sources and bibliography 244
  23. Index 265
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