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Beneath the Cross: Catholics and Huguenots in Sixteenth-Century Paris

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Beneath the Cross: Catholics and Huguenots in Sixteenth-Century Paris - Diefendorf, Barbara B
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Presenting an original interpretation of the religious conflicts that divided sixteenth-century France, this unique new text 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 subtle analysis of the competing messages from the Catholic and Protestant pulpits, and gives fresh insights into the underground Protestant community in Paris, the radicalization of the ...

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Beneath the Cross: Catholics and Huguenots in Sixteenth-Century Paris 1991, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195070132

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Beneath the Cross: Catholics and Huguenots in Sixteenth-Century Paris 1991, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195065541

Hardcover