City on the ocean sea, La Rochelle, 1530-1650 : : urban society, religion, and politics on the French Atlantic frontier / / by Kevin C. Robbins.
This important volume presents the first comprehensive history of early modern La Rochelle, a port town whose fractious residents became embroiled in the French Reformations. Opening chapters situate the Rochelais within the geopolitics of an oceanic frontier, where urbanites created a strong, heavi...
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| Superior document: | Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ; 64 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, New York ;, Koln : : Brill,, [1997] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 1997 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ;
64. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Kevin C. Robbins
- Acknowledgments / Kevin C. Robbins
- List of Figures / Kevin C. Robbins
- List of Tables / Kevin C. Robbins
- Abbreviations / Kevin C. Robbins
- Introduction / Kevin C. Robbins
- Chapter One A City in a Landscape of Islands and Frontiers / Kevin C. Robbins
- Chapter Two An Introduction to the Power Politics of Sixteenth-Century La Rochelle / Kevin C. Robbins
- Chapter Three No City on a Hill: The Rochelais Reformation Circa 1550 - Circa 1620 / Kevin C. Robbins
- Chapter Four The Course of Urban Politics in La Rochelle and the Consolidation of a Calvinist Governing Oligarchy Circa 1560-Circa 1614 / Kevin C. Robbins
- Chapter Five Transforming Civic Authority: Bourgeois Political Rebellion, Destruction of Oligarchical Town Government, and Popular Assault on the Pastorate in La Rochelle, Circa 1580-Circa 1614 / Kevin C. Robbins
- Chapter Six The Advent of a New Civic Regime: Urban Politics, Religious Dissent, and Defiance of the Crown 1614-1628 / Kevin C. Robbins
- Chapter Seven Counter-Reforming La Rochelle: Feudalizing the Townscape, Catholicizing Municipal Government, and Transforming Agencies of Police within Urban Society, Circa 1628-1650 / Kevin C. Robbins
- Conclusion / Kevin C. Robbins
- Appendix One / Kevin C. Robbins
- Appendix Two / Kevin C. Robbins
- Select Bibliography / Kevin C. Robbins
- 1 Index of Personal Names / Kevin C. Robbins
- 2 Index of Place Names / Kevin C. Robbins
- 3 Index of Subjects / Kevin C. Robbins
- Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought / Kevin C. Robbins.