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Beneath the cross : Catholics and Huguenots in sixteenth-century Paris

Author: Barbara B Diefendorf
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Beneath the Cross traces the escalating cycle of violence that culminated in the bloody massacre on Saint Bartholomew's Day in 1572, and explains its social, political, and spiritual roots. Diefendorf combines narrative history with analysis of the competing messages from Catholic and Protestant pulpits and gives insights into the underground Protestant community in Paris, the radicalization of the Catholic message  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Barbara B Diefendorf
ISBN: 0195065549 9780195065541 0195070135 9780195070132
OCLC Number: 22623883
Description: 272 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: The city and its people --
The most Catholic capital --
The intensification of religious hatreds, 1557-1562 --
War and peace, 1562-1567 --
The renewal of war and the failure of peace, 1567-1572 --
The massacre in Paris --
The underground church --
The shadow of God's wings --
The bellows of Satan --
The war in the streets --
Conclusion : Paris in the religious wars.
Responsibility: Barbara B. Diefendorf.

Abstract:

Beneath the Cross traces the escalating cycle of violence that culminated in the bloody massacre on Saint Bartholomew's Day in 1572, and explains its social, political, and spiritual roots. Diefendorf combines narrative history with analysis of the competing messages from Catholic and Protestant pulpits and gives insights into the underground Protestant community in Paris, the radicalization of the Catholic message under the pressure of civil war, and the progressive division of the city into moderate and extremist Catholic factions.
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