Politics and Religion in Early Bourbon France

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Henri IV and the Papacy after the League....Pages 21-41
Adjusting to Peace: The Observant Franciscans of Paris and the Reign of Henri IV....Pages 42-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Exegesis as Public Performance: Controversialist Debate and Politics at the Conference of Fontainebleau (1600)....Pages 65-85
Chastel’s Attempted Regicide (27 December 1594) and its Subsequent Transformation into an ‘Affair’....Pages 86-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Royal Authority and the Pursuit of a Lasting Religious Settlement: Henri IV and the Emergence of the Bourbon Monarchy....Pages 107-131
Conflict Resolution under the First Bourbons....Pages 132-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Henri IV, the Dévots and the Making of a French Catholic Reformation....Pages 157-179
Vincent de Paul: The Making of a Catholic Dévot....Pages 180-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
The Origins of Counter Reform Piety in Nantes: The Catholic League and its Aftermath (1585–1617)....Pages 203-220
Obedience to the King and Attachment to Tradition: Senlis under the Early Bourbons (1598–1643)....Pages 221-245
Epilogue Régime Change: Restoration, Reconstruction and Reformation....Pages 246-260
Back Matter....Pages 261-270