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Martyrs and murderers : the Guise family and the making of Europe / Stuart Carroll

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Carroll, Stuart, 1965-
Published
Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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1 online resource (xiv, 345 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables
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Contents
""Cover Page""; ""Martyrs and murderers""; ""Copyright page""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of maps, plates, and genealogical tables""; ""A note on coinage""; ""Invitation to a massacre""; ""'All for one: one for all'""; ""Dreams of empire""; ""Chacun à son tour""; ""Congregations, conspiracies, and coups""; ""The cardinal's compromise""; ""Bloodfeud""; ""Interlude: princess margot and the 'negress'""; ""A wedding and four thousand funerals""; ""False kings and true catholics""; ""The invasion of england""; ""Revolution""; ""Counter-revolution""; ""Epilogue"" and ""Maps""""Genealogical Tables""; ""Further Reading""; ""Notes""; ""Photographic Acknowledgements""; ""Index""; ""plates""
Summary
The pre-eminent political and religious power-brokers of 16th-century France, the Guise family included in their number both Mary Queen of Scots and Catherine de Medici. This is a comprehensive account of their remarkable story, and their influence on one of Europe's most turbulent and formative eras.
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0199229074 (cloth)
9780199229079 (cloth)
9780191571114 (electronic bk.)
0191571113 (electronic bk.)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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