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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780538203321

Autore

Heller Henry

Titolo

Anti-Italianism in sixteenth-century France / / Henry Heller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-4426-7089-4

1-282-02300-4

9786612023002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

305.85/1044/09031

Soggetti

Italians - France - History - 16th century

Xenophobia - France - History - 16th century

Nationalism - France - History - 16th century

History

Electronic books.

France Ethnic relations History 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Nationalism and xenophobia in early modern context -- Italians and the French Reformation: Lyons -- The Italians at Lyons: usury and heresy -- The Italians and the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre -- Background to a massacre: the Italian courtiers and bankers -- Anti-Italian discourses -- The estates of Blois -- The court Italians and the gathering storm -- The flight of the Italians -- The last of the Italians.

Sommario/riassunto

In an examination of the Italian presence in France under the Valois and Bourbon monarchs, Heller links the cultural, moral, and political aspects of anti-Italianism with the rise of economic nationalism among the emergent French middle class.