Politics and Religion in Early Bourbon France

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

   PDF

2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Alison Forrestal, Eric Nelson

      Pages 1-18

3. Crown, Church and Ultramontanism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

      PDF

   2. Henri IV and the Papacy after the League

      • Alain Tallon

      Pages 21-41

   3. Adjusting to Peace: The Observant Franciscans of Paris and the Reign of Henri IV

      • Megan Armstrong

      Pages 42-62

4. Contentious Words and Deeds: History and the Construction of Memory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

      PDF

   2. Exegesis as Public Performance: Controversialist Debate and Politics at the Conference of Fontainebleau (1600)

      • Michael Wolfe

      Pages 65-85

   3. Chastel’s Attempted Regicide (27 December 1594) and its Subsequent Transformation into an ‘Affair’

      • Robert Descimon

      Pages 86-104

5. Clemency and Conflict: The Bourbon Style of Government

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

      PDF

   2. Royal Authority and the Pursuit of a Lasting Religious Settlement: Henri IV and the Emergence of the Bourbon Monarchy

      • Eric Nelson

      Pages 107-131

   3. Conflict Resolution under the First Bourbons

      • Michel De Waele

      Pages 132-153

6. Catholic Activism to the Richelieu Years

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

      PDF

   2. Henri IV, the Dévots and the Making of a French Catholic Reformation

      • Barbara Diefendorf

      Pages 157-179

   3. Vincent de Paul: The Making of a Catholic Dévot

      • Alison Forrestal

      Pages 180-199

7. The Politics of Religion in the Provinces

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

      PDF

   2. The Origins of Counter Reform Piety in Nantes: The Catholic League and its Aftermath (1585–1617)

      • Elizabeth Tingle

      Pages 203-220

   3. Obedience to the King and Attachment to Tradition: Senlis under the Early Bourbons (1598–1643)

      • Thierry Amalou

      Pages 221-245

8. Epilogue Régime Change: Restoration, Reconstruction and Reformation

   1. Epilogue Régime Change: Restoration, Reconstruction and Reformation

      • Mark Greengrass

      Pages 246-260

9. Back Matter

   Pages 261-270

   PDF

This book explores the political and religious world of early Bourbon France, focusing on the search for stable accord that characterised its political and religious life. Chapters examine developments that shaped the Bourbon realm through the century: assertions of royal authority, rules of political negotiation, and the evolution of Dévot piety.

• France
• history
• monarchy
• reform
• reformation
• religion

• National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

  Alison Forrestal

• Missouri State University, USA

  Eric Nelson

THIERRY AMALOU Lecturer in Modern History, University of Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, France MEGAN ARMSTRONG Associate Professor of History, McMaster University, Canada ROBERT DESCIMON Directeur d'études, Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences SocialeS, Paris, France MICHEL DE WAELE Professor of History, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada BARBARA DIEFENDORF Professor of History, Boston University, USA ALISON FORRESTAL Lecturer in Early Modern History, National University of Ireland, Galway, Republic of Ireland MARK GREENGRASS Professor of Early Modern History, University of Sheffield, UK ERIC NELSON Assistant Professor of History, Missouri State University, USA ALAIN TALLON Professor of Early Modern History, University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), France ELIZABETH TINGLE Senior Lecturer in Early Modern European History, University of Plymouth, UK MICHAEL WOLFE Professor of History, St. John's University, New York, USA

Policies and ethics