This book is the first modern study to examine the history of a
single French community over the full course of the civil wars
(1560 1600), and its account of local developments is enriched by
frequent comparisons with events and conditions elsewhere in the
country. An introductory chapter describes Rouen's economy, social
structure and political institutions on the eve of the Wars of
Religion. Successive chapters explore the rise and decline of
Protestantism; the sociology of the faith; the causes and
chronology of the popular violence which began to disturb the city
after 1560; the roots of the militant Catholic movement of the Holy
League; and the first signs of a renewal of Catholic religious life
visible amid the agitation of the League. A concluding chapter
seeks to show that many of the patterns visible in Rouen's history
were also characteristic of communities throughout France, pointing
the way to a reinterpretation of the Wars in which the actions and
experience of the great mass of the population are given attention
equal to that traditionally accorded to court elites and noble
factions. The book will interest specialists in early modern
history and particularly in the social, ecclesiastical, economic,
demographic and political history of France in this period.
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