Kinship, Identity, and Religion in Sixteenth-Century Toulouse: The Case of Simon Lecomte
This article explores the problems of identity, membership in the community, and religious violence which converge in one case study of Simon Lecomte, a merchant of Lyonnais origins, and a bourgeois of Paris, whose residence in Toulouse extended from the turbulent 1560s through the Catholic League&#...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
2001
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2001, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 669-695 |
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| Summary: | This article explores the problems of identity, membership in the community, and religious violence which converge in one case study of Simon Lecomte, a merchant of Lyonnais origins, and a bourgeois of Paris, whose residence in Toulouse extended from the turbulent 1560s through the Catholic League's rise to power in the late 1580s. Arrested for heresy in 1586, Lecomte was a man of "amphibious" identity, neither wholly inside nor outside the community of Toulouse. By examining the course of Lecomte's trial from 1586 to 1589, this article also seeks to further our understanding of the roots of religious conflict in early modern France. Who became a victim of religious persecution and why? What role did long-standing grievances, personal and familial, urban rivalries, and economic competition play in shaping the ferocity and direction of religious persecution? |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2671507 |