Title: The life and political writings of Louis Dorleans
Subtitle: publicist of the French Catholic League
First published: 1983
Description: An exploration of the different strands of political thought on the nature of the ancient French constitution and the foundation of royal authority as expressed by and promoted by the antagonists among the clergy, political thinkers, members of the Parlement and radical preachers in Paris. Louis D'Orleans as the foremost polemicist of the Santee Ligue, is the focal point for the examination  and evolution of the clash of ideas and the eventual emergence of the Politique resolution at the end of the wars of religion and the accession of Henri de Navarre to the Catholic throne.
Subjects: Sainte Ligue (1576-1593), Politics and government, Biography
Places: Paris, France
People: Louis Dorléans (1542-1629)
Time periods: Polemics during the wars of religion in late sixteenth century France. Specifically war of words over the Catholic origins of the French monarhic constitution