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Subject(s)

• Calvin, Jean 1509-1564 [Browse]
• Francis II King of France 1544-1560 [Browse]
• France—History—Francis II, 1559-1560 [Browse]
• Reformation—France [Browse]

Series

• Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 108, pt. 5. [More in this series]
• Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 0065-9746 ; volume 108, part 5 [More in this series]

Summary note

Season of Conspiracy considers the March 1560 conspiracy of Amboise and subsequent plots devised later that year to remove the young King Francis II from the sway of his chief advisors of the house of Guise and improve the legal situation of France's Protestant movement. New and rediscovered evidence--most important, the long-lost testimony of a cabinetmaker engaged in the plotting from January through September--reveals the conspiracies to have been more closely linked to the network of Reformed churches within France and to John Calvin in Geneva than previously understood. The results compel a reconsideration not only of events that are often said to have constituted the first act of the French Wars of Religion, but also of Calvin's political engagement and sagacity.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

Appendix in French.

Other title(s)

Calvin, the French Reformed Churches, and Protestant plotting in the reign of Francis II (1559-60)

ISBN

• 1606180851 ((paperback))
• 9781606180853 ((paperback))

LCCN

2019953261

OCLC

1135462671

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