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The Politics of Piety - Franciscan Preachers During the Wars of Religion, 1560-1600 (Paperback)
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The Politics of Piety - Franciscan Preachers During the Wars of Religion, 1560-1600 (Paperback)
Series: Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe
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A history of the role played by the Franciscans during the
contentious Wars of Religion (1562-1594). In this paperback reissue
of The Politics of Piety, author Megan Armstrong situates the
Franciscan order at the heart of the religious and political
conflicts of the late sixteenth century to show how a medieval
charismatic religious tradition became an engine of political
change. The friars used their redoubtable skills as preachers,
intellectual training at the University of Paris, and personal and
professional connections with other Catholic reformers and patrons
to successfully galvanize popular opposition to the spread of
Protestantism throughout the sixteenth century. By 1589, the friars
used these same strategies on behalf of the Catholic League to try
to prevent thesuccession of the Protestant heir presumptive, Henry
of Navarre, to the French throne. This book contributes to our
understanding of religion as a formative political impulse
throughout the sixteenth century by linking the long-term political
activism of the friars to the emergence of the French monarchy of
the seventeenth century. Megan C. Armstrong is Associate Professor
of History at McMaster University.
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