The Duke of Anjou and the Politique Struggle during the Wars of Religion
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780521892780
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 500 to c 1500; History: American; History; History - General History; France; USA; Europe - France; History / Europe / General; History / France
First sentence: When the fourth and last son of Henry II and Catherine de Medici was born in the royal chateau at Fontainebleau on 18 March 1555, the kingdom of France was at war with Spain, a conflict that had been almost continuous since Charles VIII invaded Italy in 1494.
Notes: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History