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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822124403321

Autore

Love Ronald S. <1955-2008.>

Titolo

Blood and religion : the conscience of Henri IV, 1553-1593 / / Ronald S. Love

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001

ISBN

1-282-85899-8

9786612858994

0-7735-6884-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, [9] pages of plates, 457 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Disciplina

944/.031/092

B

Soggetti

Religion and politics - France - History - 16th century

Religion et politique - France - Histoire - 16e si?ecle

France History Henry IV, 1589-1610

France Kings and rulers Biography

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 (p. [415]-449) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction: Interpreting Henri IV -- Mother and Son, December 1553 to August 1572 -- The Counterfeit Catholic, August 1572 to February 1576 -- Blood, Belief, Behaviour, and the Shaping of a King, February 1576 to June 1584 -- The Years of Uncertainty, June 1584 to August 1589 -- The Years of Uneasy Balance, September 1589 to October 1591 -- The Years of Despair and Diminishing Choices, November 1591 to April 1593 -- Conversion and the Conscience of the King, May to July 1593 -- Conclusion: Reinterpreting Henri IV -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A detailed study of the relationship between religion and politics in sixteenth-century France, as reflected through the early career of King Henri IV. This book concludes with a close analysis of Henri's conversion to Catholicism in July 1593, including the king's crisis of conscience as he struggled to secure his crown and preserve his soul.