Henry IV and the Towns: The Pursuit of Legitimacy in French Urban Society, 1589-1610

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
Contents......Page 11
MAPS......Page 12
Tables......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Introduction......Page 17
1 France in the 1580s and 1590s......Page 26
ECONOMIC AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CRISES......Page 30
URBAN DISCONTENT AND THE CATHOLIC LEAGUE’S DISINTEGRATION......Page 33
2 Brokering clemency in 1594: the case of Amiens......Page 39
THE ROYALIST CLIENTS IN AMIENS: THE LOUVENCOURT NETWORK......Page 41
THE CATHOLIC LEAGUE CLIENTS IN AMIENS: THE LE ROY NETWORK......Page 45
AMIENS’S CAPITULATION TO HENRY IV IN 1594......Page 53
CAPTURING A TOWN FROM WITHIN: HENRY IV AND URBAN CLIENTAGE......Page 60
3 Henry IV’s ceremonial entries: the remaking of a king......Page 63
HENRY IV’S ROYAL ENTRY INTO ABBEVILLE......Page 65
ROYAL ENTRIES AND THEIR PLACE IN THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS......Page 72
CONCLUSION: HENRY IV’S ROYAL ENTRIES......Page 77
4 Henry IV and municipal franchises in Catholic League towns......Page 79
POLICING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS......Page 81
ELECTORAL SCANDAL AND CROWN INTERVENTION......Page 87
LEAVING TOWNS ALONE......Page 93
DECREASING THE SIZE OF URBAN GOVERNMENTS......Page 95
THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF AMIENS......Page 97
CONCLUSION HENRY IV AND FORMER CATHOLIC LEAGUE TOWNS......Page 102
5 Henry IV and municipal franchises in royalist and Protestant towns......Page 104
THE ROYALI ST TOWNS......Page 106
SWEARING ALLEGIANCE TO HENRY IV......Page 107
ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND CROWN INTERVENTION......Page 109
THE REWARDS OF FIDELITY......Page 114
A TRADITIONAL RENAISSANCE KING......Page 115
HENRY IV AND PROTESTANT PRIVILEGE......Page 117
THE EDICT OF NANTES......Page 119
THE EDICT OF NANTES IN THE PROTESTANT TOWNS......Page 122
MONITORING THE PROTESTANT TOWNS......Page 127
THE PRIVILEGES OF LA ROCHELLE......Page 131
CONCLUS ION HENRY IV AND HIS MUNICIPAL ALLIES......Page 135
THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS......Page 138
HENRY IV AND THE MAGISTERIAL ELITE......Page 142
SELECTING MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS......Page 148
CONCLUSION: HENRY IV AND MUNICIPAL OLIGARCHIES......Page 153
THE SOL POUR LIVRE OR 'PANCARTE'......Page 155
THE PANCARTERIOT IN POITIERS......Page 159
THE ‘PANCARTE’ RIOT IN LIMOGES......Page 165
HENRY IV AND THE 'PANCARTE'......Page 177
8 Municipal finance and debt: the case of Lyons......Page 178
TAXING THE TOWNS......Page 179
AUDITING MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS......Page 181
THE DEBT ISSUE IN LYONS: THE EDICT OF CHAUNY......Page 183
LIQUIDATING LYONS’S DEBT......Page 187
CONCLUSION: HENRY IV, SULLY, AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE......Page 195
Henry IV, urban autonomy, and French absolutism......Page 198
Bibliothèque Nationale......Page 203
Amiens......Page 204
La Rochelle......Page 205
Narbonne......Page 206
Toulouse......Page 207
PRINTED SOURCES......Page 208
SECONDARY SOURCES......Page 212
Index......Page 231