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Book SynopsisFrench historians and scholars of the Reformation and the European Wars of Religion will find Warrior Pursuits engaging and insightful.
Trade ReviewA remarkable work... Sandberg's study is a major contribution to the history of nobility in Modern France. French History Sandberg's solid study certainly complements the work of Arlette Jouanna and Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie and should be welcomed and praised for offering English-speakers a (rather rare) glimpse of Renaissance Languedoc and Guyenne. Renaissance Quarterly An important addition to the literature on the nobility of early modern France. Journal of Social History Brian Sandberg has written one of the most important regional studies of France's militarized nobility... [A]ll early modern historians will need to read and ponder his conclusions. War in History Sandberg has gathered a prodigious quantity of information and documentation that shifts attention from the oft-told story of a relentlessly centralizing monarchy to the fluid, insecure, and bellicose behavior of a regional nobility. Journal of Interdisciplinary History Very good research. -- Jonathan Dewald Journal of Modern History A great deal of new and fascinating research on an important topic. -- Ronald G. Asch American Historical Review
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Note on Citations and Translations
Prologue
Part I
1. The Great Quantity of Nobility That Is Found Here
2. The Grandeur and Magnificence of His Household
3. He Had No Trouble Helping Himself to Money
Part II
4. With the Assistance of My Particular Friends
5. The Dignity and Authority of Their Charges
6. Actions the Most Perilous Being the Most Honorable
Part III
7. The Call to Arms from All Quarters
8. A Great Multitude of Soldiers
9. The Zeal of This Nobility
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
