Martyrs and murderers : the Guise family and the making of Europe / Stuart Carroll.

By:

Carroll, Stuart, 1965-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 345 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, genealogical tablesContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0199229074
9780199229079
9780191571114
0191571113

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Martyrs and murderers.DDC classification:

944.0290922 22

LOC classification:

DC112.G8 C37 2009eb

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Contents:

""Cover Page""; ""Martyrs and murderers""; ""Copyright page""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of maps, plates, and genealogical tables""; ""A note on coinage""; ""Invitation to a massacre""; ""'All for one: one for all'""; ""Dreams of empire""; ""Chacun à son tour""; ""Congregations, conspiracies, and coups""; ""The cardinal's compromise""; ""Bloodfeud""; ""Interlude: princess margot and the 'negress'""; ""A wedding and four thousand funerals""; ""False kings and true catholics""; ""The invasion of england""; ""Revolution""; ""Counter-revolution""; ""Epilogue""

""Maps""""Genealogical Tables""; ""Further Reading""; ""Notes""; ""Photographic Acknowledgements""; ""Index""; ""plates""

Summary: The pre-eminent political and religious power-brokers of 16th-century France, the Guise family included in their number both Mary Queen of Scots and Catherine de Medici. This is a comprehensive account of their remarkable story, and their influence on one of Europe's most turbulent and formative eras.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The pre-eminent political and religious power-brokers of 16th-century France, the Guise family included in their number both Mary Queen of Scots and Catherine de Medici. This is a comprehensive account of their remarkable story, and their influence on one of Europe's most turbulent and formative eras.

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""Maps""""Genealogical Tables""; ""Further Reading""; ""Notes""; ""Photographic Acknowledgements""; ""Index""; ""plates""

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