Local politics in the French Wars of Religion: the towns of Champagne, the Duc de Guise, and the Catholic League, 1560-95
By: Mark W. Konnert.
Series: St. Andrews studies in Reformation history
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.; Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng; frm
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Mayenne, Charles de Lorraine, Duc de, 1554-1611.; Sainte Ligue (1576-1593); Cities and towns -- France -- Champagne-Ardenne -- History -- 16th century.; France -- History -- Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598.; Champagne-Ardenne (France) -- History -- 16th century.; Champagne-Ardenne (France) -- Politics and government -- 16th century.
Description: "Drawing on the municipal archives of eleven French provincial towns as well as other related sources, this book explores the links between local and national politics during the Wars of Religion of the later sixteenth century. It argues that the response of the French towns to the challenge of heresy, and later the Catholic League, was conditioned by local circumstances."

"Whilst previous work has been published on the urban dimensions to the Wars of Religion, few studies provide a study of an entire province, allowing as this book does, the opportunity to explicitly compare several towns. After a detailed topographical introduction, placing in context the towns of the region and describing their differing urban constitutions, the following chapters deal with the crisis points of the Wars of Religion."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.