Henri IV of France - Vincent J. Pitts
his reign and age
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Vincent J. Pitts chronicles the life and times of one of France’s most remarkable kings in the first English-language biography of Henri IV to be published in twenty-five years. An unwelcome heir to the throne, Henri ruled over a kingdom plagued by religious civil war and political and economic instability. By the end of his reign in 1610 he had pacified his warring country, restored its prosperity, and reclaimed France’s place as a leading power in Europe. Pitts draws upon the rich scholarship of recent decades to tell the captivating story of this pivotal French king. From boyhood, Henri was destined to be leader and protector of the Huguenot movement in France. He served as chief of the Calvinist party and fought for the Huguenot forces in the bloody Wars of Religion before an extraordinary sequence of dynastic mishaps left the Protestant warlord next in line for the French crown. Henri was forced to renounce his faith in support of his claim to the Catholic throne and to unite his deeply divided country. ...
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2008Uitgever: Johns Hopkins University Press477 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0801890276ISBN-13: 9780801890277Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Pitts, Vincent J.] [Pagina's: 477] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press] [Jaar: 2009] [Titel: Henri IV of France: His Reign and Age]
