The Duke of Anjou and the Politique Struggle During the Wars of Religion

by Mack P. Holt

Book Overview

From the beginning of the French Wars of Religion a small minority of toleration-minded Protestants and Catholics sought out a via media to end the civil wars which were destroying France. Later called politiques by their more zealous Catholic opponents, this group turned to Fran ois de Valois, duke of Alen on and Anjou in the 1570s, to champion their cause. Youngest son of Henry II and Catherine de Medici and heir to the throne himself after 1574,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521892783
• ISBN13: 9780521892780
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"