Politics and Religion in Early Bourbon France

Introduction; A.Forrestal & E.Nelson PART I: CROWN, CHURCH AND ULTRAMONTANISM Henri IV and the Papacy after the League; A.Tallon Adjusting to Peace: The Observant Franciscans of Paris and the Reign of Henri IV; M.Armstrong PART II: CONTENTIOUS WORDS AND DEEDS: HISTORY AND CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORY Exegesis as Public Performance: Controversialist Debate and Politics at the Conference of Fontainebleau (1600); M.Wolfe Chastel's Attempted Regicide (27 December 1594), and its Subsequent Transformation into an 'Affair'; R.Descimon PART III: CLEMENCY AND  CONFLICT: THE BOURBON STYLE OF GOVERNMENT Royal Authority and the Pursuit of a Lasting Religious Settlement: Henri IV and the Emergence of Baroque Monarchy; E.Nelson Conflict Resolution under the First Bourbons; M.De Waele PART IV: CATHOLIC ACTIVISM TO THE RICHELIEU YEARS Henri IV, the Dévots and the Making of a French Catholic Reformation; B.Diefendorf Vincent de Paul: The Making of a Catholic Dévot; A.Forrestal PART V: THE POLITICS OF RELIGION IN THE PROVINCES The Origins of Counter Reform Piety in Nantes: The Catholic League and its Aftermath 1585–1617; E.Tingle Obedience to King in Fidelity to Traditions: Senlis during the Reigns of the First Bourbons (1598-1643); T.Amalou Epilogue; M.Greengrass