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Article: Noble Power during the French Wars of Religion: The Guise Affinity and the Catholic Cause in Normandy.
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- December 1, 1999
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Noble Power during the French Wars of Religion: The Guise Affinity and the Catholic Cause in Normandy. By Stuart Carroll. Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xvi + 298 pp. $59.95 cloth.
The political and religious complexities of early modern France included international pressures and complicated internal politics. The major players were a complex cast of characters, some of whom not only changed roles and confessional "commitments" but even adopted opponents' scripts to advance their causes. The international context included Habsburg-Valois wars, English and Spanish meddling, Savoyard opportunism, the revolt ...