The French Wars of Religion, 1562}}}1629 [Hardcover]

This is the 2005 second edition of a comprehensive study of the French wars of religion.This is the second edition of Mack P. Holt's comprehensive study of the French wars of religion, designed specifically for undergraduate students. The author presents a new analysis which goes beyond the partisan politics of noble factions and socio-economic tensions of early modern society. He argues that this long conflict was fomented by religious tensions among the population at large. While politics and socio-economic tensions were doubtlessly important, this book focuses on the social history of religion. Mack P. Holt has updated the text and entirely re-written the biblbiography.This is the second edition of Mack P. Holt's comprehensive study of the French wars of religion, designed specifically for undergraduate students. The author presents a new analysis which goes beyond the partisan politics of noble factions and socio-economic tensions of early modern society. He argues that this long conflict was fomented by religious tensions among the population at large. While politics and socio-economic tensions were doubtlessly important, this book focuses on the social history of religion. Mack P. Holt has updated the text and entirely re-written the biblbiography.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.Introduction; Chronological table of events; 1. Prologue: Gallicanism and reform in the sixteenth century; 2. 'The beginning olc!