| The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Holt, Mack P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511817924 ISBN-13: 9780511817922 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $494.00 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 944.029 |
| Series: New Approaches to European History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a new edition of Mack P. Holt's classic study of the French religious wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Drawing on the scholarship of social and cultural historians of the Reformation, it shows how religion infused both politics and the socio-economic tensions of the period to produce a long extended civil war. Professor Holt integrates court politics and the political theory of the elites with the religious experiences of the popular classes, offering a fresh perspective on the wars and on why the French were willing to kill their neighbors in the name of religion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Holt, Mack P.: - Mack P. Holt is Professor of History at the George Mason University. His previous publications include The Duke of Anjou and the Politique Struggle during the Wars of Religion (1986) and Renaissance and Reformation France, 1500-1648 (2002, ed.). |