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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Arlette Jouanna , Joseph Bergin , Rebecca MortimerPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9780719097553ISBN 10: 071909755 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 01 April 2015 Audience: General/trade , General , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsTranslator’s note Author’s Acknowledgements Introduction PART ONE: THE FRAGILITY OF CONCORD 1. Trial by suspicion: the peace of 1570 2. Politics matrimonial and international 3. The assault on peace PART TWO: SWORD OF GOD, SWORD OF THE KING 4. Surgical strike 5. Catholic furies 6. The King’s truth, reason of state PART THREE: ELUCIDATIONS AND RETORTS 7. Protestant misfortune in biblical perspective 8. Political readings of the French tragedy 9. The king’s death, or the meaning of a massacre revealed Conclusion Appendix: Sociology of the victims of the Massacre, 1572 Sources and bibliography Index -- .ReviewsWinner of the American Historical Association's 2014 J. Russell Major Prize 'This is a career-capping tour de force. Jouanna's mastery of primary and secondary sources in many languages allows her to weave together, on the one hand, a compelling narrative of the political and diplomatic history of Saint-Barthelemy as event with, on the other, insights from recent scholarship about religious violence and the cultural history of the period. This timely and important book sets a very high bar. It is sure to be the standard account of this still-controversial subject for a long time.' Todd Shepard, Johns Hopkins University Arlette Jouanna is one of the finest historians writing about early modern France today, but apart from academic specialists of the period, she is virtually unknown in the Anglophone world because virtually none of her work has previously been translated into English. Thus, the recent publication by the Manchester University Press of an English translation of her book, The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, is a real cause for celebration. Not only will this book bring her scholarship to a much wider leadership around the globe, but it will also help resolve one of the most difficult tasks for all historians of early modern France: how to explain satisfactorily the events that made up the St. Bartholomew's Day massacres in 1572. Above all, Jouanna's account examines all the available primary sources for the reader in a systematic way. And this, in my view, is her primary contribution. Anyone wishing to continue further research on Saint Bartholomew's Day now can start here and find all the primary and principal secondary sources in one place. This excellent book offers both a thorough re-evaluation of the primary sources for the Massacre and a careful assessment of the secondary works. Adding to the value of the book is Joseph Bergin's highly readable translation. This should become the first book that anyone with a scholarly interest in St. Bartholomew's Massacre will read. -- . Arlette Jouanna is one of the finest historians writing about early modern France today, but apart from academic specialists of the period, she is virtually unknown in the Anglophone world because virtually none of her work has previously been translated into English. Thus, the recent publication by the Manchester University Press of an English translation of her book, The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, is a real cause for celebration. Not only will this book bring her scholarship to a much wider leadership around the globe, but it will also help resolve one of the most difficult tasks for all historians of early modern France: how to explain satisfactorily the events that made up the St. Bartholomew's Day massacres in 1572. Above all, Jouanna's account examines all the available primary sources for the reader in a systematic way. And this, in my view, is her primary contribution. Anyone wishing to continue further research on Saint Bartholomew's Day now can start here and find all the primary and principal secondary sources in one place. -- Mack P. Holt. H-France Forum: Volume 8, Issue 3 (Summer 2013), No. 2 This excellent book offers both a thorough re-evaluation of the primary sources for the Massacre and a careful assessment of the secondary works. Adding to the value of the book is Joseph Bergin's highly readable translation. This should become the first book that anyone with a scholarly interest in St. Bartholomew's Massacre will read. -- Frederic J. Baumgartner. Book Reviews Author InformationArlette Jouanna is Professor Emerita of History at the University of Montpellier-III, France|Joseph Bergin is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Manchester, Fellow of the British Academy and Correspondant Étranger, Institut de France. -- . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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