Noble Power During the French Wars of Religion: The Guise Affinity and the Catholic Cause in Normandy

by Stuart Carroll

Book Overview

Noble affinities were the essence of power in sixteenth-century France. This is the first book to analyse the development of a noble following during the whole course of the Wars of Religion and the first substantial study of the Guise - the most powerful family of the period - to appear for over a century. The Guise, champions of the catholic cause, were the largest landowners in the province and used Normandy as a base for their support of catholicism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521023874
• ISBN13: 9780521023870
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"