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Urban conflict and royal authority : popular revolts in sixteenth-century Troyes

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Roberts, Penny (2007) Urban conflict and royal authority : popular revolts in sixteenth-century Troyes. Urban History, Vol.34 (No.2). pp. 190-208. doi:10.1017/S0963926807004609 ISSN 0963-9268.

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Abstract

This paper explores the relative balance between socio-economic grievance and confessional and political division in urban revolts during the period of the French religious wars. More particularly, it focuses on two such incidents
in the town of Troyes in Champagne in the summer of 1586 and what they can tell us about the influence of popular discontent on municipal politics and town–crown relations, as well as the impact of civil war, subsistence crisis and increasing taxation on urban communities. The continuity of the traditions of popular revolt are explored alongside the implications for royal authority of the official response to
such unrest. Social tensions and economic concerns dominated events in the town, whilst the crown’s right and ability to enforce its will continued to be accepted
and upheld. Thus, despite the disruption of civil strife, the competing interests of the municipal authorities, the urban populace and the monarchy were able to
maintain a delicate equilibrium through the traditional mechanism of negotiation and compromise.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

D History General and Old World > DC France

Divisions:

Faculty of Arts > History

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

France -- History -- Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598, Troyes (France) -- 16th century, France -- Politics and government -- 1562-1598, Urban history -- France

Journal or Publication Title:

Urban History

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

ISSN:

0963-9268

Official Date:

20 June 2007

Dates:

Date	Event
20 June 2007	Published

Volume:

Vol.34

Number:

No.2

Page Range:

pp. 190-208

DOI:

10.1017/S0963926807004609

Status:

Not Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access (Creative Commons)

Version or Related Resource:

Roberts, P. (1996). Urban conflict and royal authority : popular revolts in sixteenth-century Troyes. Colloque international du Centre d'Etudes Supérieures de la Renaissance, Tours, July 1996.

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