Queen Jeanne and the Promised Land : dynasty, homeland, religion and violence in sixteenth-century France
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Queen Jeanne and the Promised Land : dynasty, homeland, religion and violence in sixteenth-century France
（Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 97）
Brill, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-366) and index
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Description
Jeanne III d'Albret (1528-1572), queen of Navarre, is a subject of great controversy and fascination, yet only two modern monographs have been written about her, and both are general biographies. This book fills the gap for scholars by concentrating on Jeanne's leading role during the Wars of Religion in the vast territory of Guyenne in southwestern France.
Part One, 'The Promised Land', portrays the growth of Protestantism in Guyenne, the rise of the Albret dynasty, and Jeanne's evangelisation. In part Two, 'Exodus', Queen Jeanne emerges as a Huguenot war leader in the attempt, shown in Part Three, 'Sanctuary', to create a Protestant Guyenne by force of arms.
The book makes extensive use of contemporary sources, including unpublished diplomatic and military dispatches, and a controversial collection of copies of Jeanne's private correspondence.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Introduction
PART I. THE PROMISED LAND
1. The Land of Aquitaine or Guyenne
2. The House of Albret
3. The Evangelising of Jeanne, 1555-1560
PART II. EXODUS
4. 'Christ is Risen Again in Aquitaine': The Politicising of Jeanne, 1561-1567
5. The Road to La Rochelle: 'The God of Armies will sustain his so just and good cause': Jeanne Militant, 1568
PART III. SANCTUARY
6. Journey to the End of Night: The Great Retreat, 1569-1570
7. To the City of Blood, 1570-1572
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
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