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Pierre de L'Estoile and his world in the Wars of Religion
- Title
- Pierre de L'Estoile and his world in the Wars of Religion / Tom Hamilton.
- Author
- Hamilton, Tom, 1987-
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-6869 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 237 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The wars of religion embroiled France in decades of faction, violence, and peacemaking in the late sixteenth century. When historians interpret these events they inevitably depend on sources of information gathered by contemporaries, none more valuable than the diaries and collection of Pierre de L'Estoile (1546-1611), who lived through the civil wars in Paris and shaped how they have been remembered ever since. Taking him out of the footnotes, and demonstrating his significance in the culture of the late Renaissance, this is the first life of L'Estoile in any language. It examines how he negotiated and commemorated the conflicts that divided France as he assembled an extraordinary collection of the relics of the troubles, a collection that he called 'the storehouse of my curiosities'. The story of his life and times is the history of the civil wars in the making. Focusing on a crucial individual for understanding Reformation Europe, this study challenges historians' assumptions about the widespread impact of confessional conflict in the sixteenth century."--Back cover.
- Series Statement
- The past & present book series
- Uniform Title
- Past & present book series.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-230) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-6869
- ISBN
- 0198800096
- 9780198800095
- OCLC
- 964298753
- Author
- Hamilton, Tom, 1987- author.
- Title
- Pierre de L'Estoile and his world in the Wars of Religion / Tom Hamilton.
- Publisher
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The past & present book seriesPast & present book series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-230) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1562-1598
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-6869