This original look at the French Reformation pits immovable object--the French appellate courts or parlements--against irresistible force--the most dynamic form

In the second half of the sixteenth century, France was racked by religious civil wars and peace was only restored when Henry of Navarre finally converted to Ca

Polemic and Literature Surrounding the French Wars of Religion demonstrates that literature and polemic interacted constantly in sixteenth-century France, const

Obscene poetry, servants' slanders against their masters, the diabolical acts of those who committed massacre and regicide. This is a book about the harmful, ou

This is the 2005 second edition of a comprehensive study of the French wars of religion.