Queen Jeanne and the Promised Land

Dynasty, Homeland, Religion and Violence in Sixteenth-Century France
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-90-04-11378-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 97, 390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 880 g

Reihe: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History

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The book makes extensive use of contemporary sources, including unpublished diplomatic and military dispatches, and a controversial collection of copies of Jeanne's private correspondence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bryson, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

David M. Bryson, Ph.D. (1998) in History, and Associate of the Department of History, University of Melbourne, has lectured and published extensively on the historical landscape of southwestern France, with particular emphasis on regional history during the Wars of Religion.