Arlette Jouanna

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

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

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A new English translation. Looks at the most notorious massacre in early modern European history and rejects most of the established accounts, especially those privileging conspiracy. 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