Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre :

Jouanna, Arlette

Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre : the mysteries of a crime of state (24 August 1572) / By Arlette Jouanna : translated from the french by Joseph Bergin. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015. - 271 pages, 23 cm.

£21.99/-
Gratis

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

9780719097553 (pbk.)


Religion and state

944.029 JOU

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