Rumours of Revolt: Civil War and the Emergence of a Transnational News Culture in France and the Netherlands, 1561–1598

Contents
	Acknowledgements
	Figures
	Introduction
		1 The French Wars of Religion and the Dutch Revolt
		2 News and News Scholarship
		3 Chronicling and Chroniclers
		4 The Media World of the Sixteenth-Century Chronicler
		5 Scope and Structure
	Chapter 1
The First Troubles (1561–1566): Iconoclasm
		1 The Sound of the Flute from France
		2 Open Borders and Transnational News Networks after Cateau-Cambrésis (1559)
		3 Iconoclasm in France and the Netherlands
		4 News about the First War of Religion and French Iconoclasm
		5 Foreign Influences
		6 The Iconoclastic Fury as a News Event
		7 A More Suitable Topic for News Pamphlets: The Ottomans
		8 An Awkward Event
		9 Borrowing Responses from France
	Chapter 2
War, Fame, and Noble Leadership, 1567–1571
		1 Fame
		2 Praise, Poetry, and Prints
		3 Famous Frenchmen during the First Years of the Religious Wars
		4 News about Alva, Orange, and the Troubles in the Netherlands
		5 Egmont and Hornes
		6 Don Carlos
	Chapter 3 St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre and the Credibility of News, 1572
		1 Part 1. Reactions to the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in
the Netherlands
		2 Part 2. Credibility and Verification
	Chapter 4
Peace Negotiations, 1576–1579
		1 Peace Attempts in France and the Netherlands
		2 Parallels and Differences
		3 News in the Netherlands about Peace in France
		4 French News regarding the Events in the Netherlands
		5 Pamphlets and Readership
		6 International Pamphleteering
		7 Explaining a Coup d’état
		8 Ideas regarding Public Communication
		9 French Peace Edicts in the Netherlands
	Chapter 5
Anjou, 1578–1583
		1 Anjou Goes to the Netherlands
		2 Netherlandish Expectations
		3 Marriage Plans
		4 News from France
		5 French News Networks in the Netherlands
		6 French Views of Anjou’s Mission in the Netherlands
		7 Why Go to the Netherlands?
		8 Anjou’s Honour
		9 The French Fury: ‘Anvers, l’Enfer’
	Chapter 6 Transnational Solidarities, 1584–1598
		1 Chroniclers Take Sides
		2 The Murder of William of Orange
		3 The Siege and Surrender of Antwerp
		4 The Armada
		5 A Single European Audience
		6 The Murders of the Guises and Henry III—Separation in Print
		7 Navarre versus Farnese
		8 Alternative Facts
		9 Mirroring Murder: The Affair of Maurice of Nassau and the Assault with the Quadruple Cutting Knife
	Conclusion
		1 Two Civil Wars in France and the Netherlands
		2 The Emergence of a Transnational News Culture
		3 The Well-Informed Chronicler
	appendix:
Consulted Chronicles
	Bibliography
	Index