Description
Book SynopsisIn August 1589 Henri III, the last of the Valois Kings of France, was assassinated by a Dominican monk, Jacques Clement. This ill-fated and much maligned son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici was succeeded by the first of the Bourbons, Henri IV and King of Navarre.
Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction Keith CAMERON
- 1. Henri III: Some Determinants of vituperation Sydney ANGLO
- 2. Henri III, the Guises and the Huguenots N. M. SUTHERLAND
- 3. The Politiques and the Politique Party: a Reappraisal Christopher BETTINSON
- 4. The Blois Assassinations: sources in the Vatican Richard COOPER
- 5. Henri IV, King of Reason? Denis CROUZET
- 6. The Public Context of the Abjuration of Henri IV Mark GREENGRASS
- 7. Henri IV and the Problem of the French Episcopate Joseph BERGIN
- 8. Royal Patronage and the Arts in France, 1574-1610 R.J. KNECHT
- 9. Was there a Bourbon Style of Government? Richard BONNEY
- Notes on Contributors
