"The wars of religion embroiled France in decades of faction, violence, and peacemaking in the late sixteenth century. When historians interpret these events they inevitably depend on sources of information gathered by contemporaries, none more valuable than the diaries and collection of Pierre...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Bibliographische Detailangaben

1. Verfasser:	Hamilton, Tom 1987- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford Oxford University Press 2017
Ausgabe:	First edition
Schriftenreihe:	The past & present book series
Schlagworte:	L'Estoile, Pierre de > 1546-1611 Geschichte Frankreich L'Estoile, Pierre de / 1546-1611 Historians / France / Biography France / History / Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598 Biografie
Online-Zugang:	Rezension Inhaltsverzeichnis
Zusammenfassung:	"The wars of religion embroiled France in decades of faction, violence, and peacemaking in the late sixteenth century. When historians interpret these events they inevitably depend on sources of information gathered by contemporaries, none more valuable than the diaries and collection of Pierre de L'Estoile (1546-1611), who lived through the civil wars in Paris and shaped how they have been remembered ever since. Taking him out of the footnotes, and demonstrating his significance in the culture of the late Renaissance, this is the first life of L'Estoile in any language. It examines how he negotiated and commemorated the conflicts that divided France as he assembled an extraordinary collection of the relics of the troubles, a collection that he called 'the storehouse of my curiosities'. The story of his life and times is the history of the civil wars in the making. Focusing on a crucial individual for understanding Reformation Europe, this study challenges historians' assumptions about the widespread impact of confessional conflict in the sixteenth century."--Back cover
Beschreibung:	xviii, 237 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	9780198800095
DOI:	10.11588/frrec.2018.2.48495