Attitudes of the French Nobility at the Estates-General of 1576
Traditional accounts of the French Estates-General of 1576 depict the meeting as a call for overturning the edict of pacification of May 1576 and for a return to war, a belligerent attitude only opposed in the third estate. An unpublished diary of one of the noble deputies makes it clear, however, t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1987
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1987, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 489-504 |
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| Summary: | Traditional accounts of the French Estates-General of 1576 depict the meeting as a call for overturning the edict of pacification of May 1576 and for a return to war, a belligerent attitude only opposed in the third estate. An unpublished diary of one of the noble deputies makes it clear, however, that the deputies of the second estate were less interested in a return to war than in the restoration of their traditional role in government and society. Moreover, a significant number of nobles actually supported a policy of toleration and peace like the more famous group in the third estate led by Jean Bodin. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540865 |