Massacres During the French Wars of Religion
Past & Present (2012)
This article examines who committed major massacres, when they were committed, and where. This led to three... more This article examines who committed major massacres, when they were committed, and where. This led to three discoveries: (1) men in organized military units, not crowds, perpetrated most of the massacres; (2) most violence occurred in the early phases of the Wars; and (3) massacres tended to occur in regions where one side was trying to solidify its control, frequently in the context of local coups or seizures of power. These facts suggest that in general, military and political leaders ordered massacres based on rational — usually political — calculations.
BNF MSS FR 20153 and 15881 -- Drafts of French Protestant Cahier, 1561
Transcription from my files. Link is to Menard, Histoire de Nimes vol. 4, Preuves p. 167, which includes a transcription of the Nimes Cahier de doleances, 1561
In a recent review of my book on H-France, Barbara Diefendorf raised a concern that I am happy to be able to address.... more In a recent review of my book on H-France, Barbara Diefendorf raised a concern that I am happy to be able to address. She writes: "Tulchin cites a 'draft memorandum listing possible provision'” for a platform Protestants wanted local communities to include in their cahiers de doléances and says that the Nîmes cahier is “particularly similar” to this draft (p. 102), but he does not say what these similarities are. This makes it hard to gauge the extent to which the Nîmes cahier represented a concerted Protestant platform." A second reviewer (in the Journal of Ecclestiastical History) has an almost identical complaint. I give some information about this in the footnotes, and it was the subject of an article by Noel Valois, also cited in the notes, but in this electronic age it struck me that it is easy to provide the additional information for those readers who might be interested. I have therefore uploaded the complete text of the relevant documents here. Perhaps if the book goes into paperback Oxford will let me add this as an additional appendix. The full text of the Nimes cahier, incidentally, was printed in Menard, HIstoire de Nimes, vol. 4 (1752), Preuves p. 167, and has been digitized by Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=hMBDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false
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published in French Historical Studies (2006)
Study of Protestant massacre of Catholics in 1567. Argues that when in power, Protestants in 16th France could... more Study of Protestant massacre of Catholics in 1567. Argues that when in power, Protestants in 16th France could be just as murderous as Catholics. Protestants massacred fewer people because they were a minority, not because they were ideologically opposed to using violence.
Did Giovanni Maria Manelli publish the 'Thesoro politico' (1589)?
by Simone Testa
'Did Giovanni Maria Manelli publish the Thesoro politico (1589)?' in Renaissance studies, 19 (2005), pp. 380-393
Analysis of the possible role played by Giovanni Maria Manelli in the publication of one of the most controversial... more Analysis of the possible role played by Giovanni Maria Manelli in the publication of one of the most controversial books of the late Cinquecento.
