Governing Passions
Peace and Reform in the French Kingdom, 1576-1585
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 13 September 2007
- ISBN 9780199214907
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages448 pages
- Size 240x165x30 mm
- Weight 779 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 figure, 8 tables, 1 map 0
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Short description:
A major scholarly re-evaluation of the central period in the French 'wars of religion', concentrating on the reactions of France's governing groups to these wars and drawing extensively on sources not hitherto examined to illuminate the sense of crisis that existed among the French governing elite at this time.
MoreLong description:
The French kingdom dissolved into civil wars, known as the 'wars of religion', for a generation from 1562 to 1598. This book examines the reactions of France's governing groups to that experience. Their major political endeavour was securing peace. They attempted to achieve it through a religious pluralism not envisaged in any other state on this scale in this period. Its achievement would only be fulfilled, however, alongside a reform of the kingdom's institutions and society. Peace and reform went hand in hand - a moral agenda for restoration.
France's notables drew on reservoirs of classical and Christian moral philosophy and wisdom to find practical answers to the difficult problems of governance that confronted them. The resulting public introspection and vocal debates are difficult to match anywhere else in Europe at this time. They were an essential part of the profound sense of crisis that France's governing elites experienced during the later sixteenth century.
Drawing extensively on manuscript and printed sources not hitherto examined, this book analyses for the first time the debates at the Estates General of Blois (1576-7) and the Assembly of Notables at Saint-Germain-en-Laye of 1583-4. It shows the French polity in a fresh light, presenting major issues of political thought in their public and practical context. And it re-examines the crucial and little-understood reign of Henri III, the last Valois king, suggesting how Bourbon France could have emerged very differently from the civil wars of the late sixteenth century.
Deeply researched and elegantly written.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Defeat and Reformation
Comprehending Passions
The Estates of Blois
The Chemin de la Paix
Dissent in the Country
The Perfection of Peace
France through the Looking Glass
Restoring Virtue
The Assembly of Notables
Conclusion
Bibliography
