Beginning with the chance discovery of an interrogation document smuggled to England in a basket of cheese, this study explores the importance of truth and secrecy within Huguenot networks across Europe. Penny Roberts examines how these networks were sustained and nurtured by Huguenot ministers, often at considerable danger to themselves.
Beginning with the chance discovery of an interrogation document smuggled to England in a basket of cheese, this study explores the importance of truth and secrecy within Huguenot networks across Europe. Penny Roberts examines how these networks were sustained and nurtured by Huguenot ministers, often at considerable danger to themselves.
Penny Roberts is Professor of early modern European History at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on the social, religious, cultural and political history of sixteenth-century France, especially its wars of religion (c.1562-1598). Roberts is the author of Peace and Authority during the French Religious Wars, c.1560-1600 (2013) and has been awarded both the Nancy Roelker and Charles Benedetti article prizes.
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Introduction 1. The cheese and the word(s) 2. Norman connections 3. The cardinal and the ambassador 4. Confessional connections 5. Exchanging news: couriers and communication 6. Truth and lies, secrets and spies Conclusion Appendix: The interrogation and letters Bibliography Index.
Introduction 1. The cheese and the word(s) 2. Norman connections 3. The cardinal and the ambassador 4. Confessional connections 5. Exchanging news: couriers and communication 6. Truth and lies, secrets and spies Conclusion Appendix: The interrogation and letters Bibliography Index.
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