Sophie Nicholls, Political Thought in the French Wars of Religion

Despite the title, this is a study of the political thought of the (second) French Catholic League, from roughly 1585 to 1595. The League was a significant movement, controlling the bulk of France for several years (though not without Spanish military intervention), provoking the assassination of King Henri iii, and successfully pressuring his successor, Henri iv, to convert to Catholicism. Its internal fractiousness, rapid dissolution after Henri’s conversion, and penchant for terrorism, along with the subsequent triumphs of the Bourbon dynasty, have, however, left it with a persistent reputation for being unserious and radical to the

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