Germany and the French wars of religion, 1560-1572 / Jonas van Tol.

The course of the French Wars of Religion, commonly portrayed as a series of civil wars, was profoundly shaped by foreign actors. Many German Protestants in particular felt compelled to intervene. In Germany and the French Wars of Religion, 1560-1572 Jonas van Tol examines how Protestant German audi...

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Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Brill,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:St Andrews Studies in Reformation History.
Physical Description:1 online resource (274 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Connections: The Manifold Ties between France and the German Rhineland
  • Interconfessional Relations: Lutheran-Reformed Tensions on the Eve of the French Wars of Religion
  • Explanations: Competing Narratives about the Nature of the French Wars of Religion
  • Solutions: German Proposals for Restoring Peace in France
  • Conspiracy: The Escalation of European Confessional Conflict
  • Intervention: The Military Campaigns of 1567–1569
  • Epilogue: The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.