French Wars of Religion 1559-1610

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ARTHEME FAYARD, 1950, 475 pages – Black and white frontispiece. Collection 'Historical Knowledge'. First part: The collapse of power. The Conspiracy of Amboise and the Estates of Orléans. Catherine de Medici assumes power. First problems. The judicial journey and the Bayonne interview. New civil wars. Rapprochement of Crown and Reformation. The genesis of Saint-Barthélemy. The night of 24 August 1572 and the death of Charles IX. Humanism for the Crown. From the throne of Poland to the throne of France. The descent into the abyss 1574-1576. The Estates of 1576 and the Peace of Bergerac. Duels and court splendor. The arrival of the Béarnais. The Duke of Anjou and the Netherlands. The League and the Treaty of Nemours. Coutras and Montaigne's intervention. Henry III and the Parisian Revolution. The denouement of the last Valois. Second part: Misery and greatness of the white cloud. Campaigns against Farnese. What happened in Paris? The true advent. Making the King of Navarre. The Edict of Nantes and the politics of the Rouen speech. French land. Commercial, industrial, colonial growth. Private life of the King. His family. The court. The prodrome of the Grand Siècle. The European prince. The secret of the grand design. Angered and conspiratorial. The attack on France. Chronology and genealogical tables. Duodecimo, broché. One of 150 copies on chestnut paper.