The St. Bartholomew's day massacre: a brief history with documents

This volume begins with an overview of the context, course and aftermath of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. The documents in Part Two include 'official' sources such as royal edits and magistratesb reports, but also popular songs, polemics, and selections from memoirs and other eye-witness accounts and visual documents. INDICE: PART I: INTRODUCTION: SAINT BARTHOLOMEW S DAY AND THE PROBLEM OF RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE - Religious Faith in an Insecure World - The Origins and Spread of the Protestant Reformation - Religious War and the Intensification of Religious Hatreds - The Saint Bartholomewb s Day Massacre in Paris and the Provinces - Repercussions of the Massacre in France and Abroad - Memories of the Massacre - PART II: THE DOCUMENTS - Religious Divisions in Sixteenth-Century France - Religious War and the Intensification of Religious Hatreds (1562-1570) - The Massacre in Paris and the Provinces - Repercussions - Memories of the Massacre - APPENDIXES - Chronology of Major Events - List of Major Figures - Questions for Consideration - Selected Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-312-41360-6
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 192
• Fecha Publicación: 02/02/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés