Gould, Kevin (2003) 'Vivre et mourir en la religion ancienne romaine et Catholique'. Catholic activism in South-west France, 1560-1570. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

This thesis determines the impact of Catholic activism in south-west France during
the 1560s. Using manuscript and archival material, it examines the nascence,
infrastructure and aims of the various ligues and associations of the period, and
assesses their ability to secure hegemony by usurping local administrative and
military apparatus. The thesis is divided into four parts:
Part I studies Catholic activism at Bordeaux and the Bordelais. Chapters 1
and 2 establish the demography and structure of government there and evaluate
antecedents to the ligues of the 1560s: namely the activities of the confraternity of
Saint- Yves, the basoche and the syndicat of 1561. Chapter 3 examines the role of the
Catholic nobility in the internecine struggles of the period, and Chapter 4 explores
the post-1568 domination of military and bureaucratic offices at Bordeaux by a
coalition of leading Catholic activists.
Part II focuses on events at Agen and the Agenais. Chapter 5 details the
establishment of an executive council of Catholic notables within the town, while
Chapter 6 assesses the role of the local nobility in supporting this coalition
government after 1563.
Part III concentrates on affairs at Toulouse. Chapter 7 examines the birth of
formal Catholic activism within the town, focussing on the enterprises of the
confraternity, basochiens and militant court officials. Chapter 8 analyses the
reinvigoration of Catholic endeavours at Toulouse after 1567, gauging the success of
a policy to finance the Catholic war effort by sequestering Protestant goods, and
appraising the somewhat anachronistic phenomenon of the croisade of 1568.
Part IV considers the extent to which national and European dimensions
influenced the form and nature of Catholic activism during the 1560s. Chapter 9
examines the impact of Catholic grandee patronage on the ligues of the south-west,
and assesses the resurgence in confraternal activism after 1567. Chapter 10 examines
the influence of Spain and the papacy on the evolution of the associations, and
explores the level of reciprocity between ligueurs and European potentates. Chapter
11 details the ambitions of Catholic powers to remove the Calvinist queen of
Navarre, Jeanne d' Albret, from power in Béarn and Navarre, and assesses the role
played by the ligueurs in this enterprise.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion D History General and Old World > DC France
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	France -- Church history -- 16th century, Catholic Church -- France -- History -- 16th century, France -- Religion -- 16th century
Official Date:	June 2003
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of History
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Roberts, Penny
Sponsors:	Arts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain)
Extent:	x, 354 leaves
Language:	eng

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