Henry King France by Buisseret David (4 results)

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Ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / A very good and clean copy without markings. - Contents Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations List of Plates List of Maps and Plans Prologue 1 A Prince of Great Promise, 1553-84 (i) Birth and Infancy, 1553-7 (ii) T roubled Boyhood, 1557-67 (iii) Formative Years with Jeanne, 1567-72 (iv) At the Royal Court, 1572-6 (v) The Governor of Guyenne, 1576-80 (vi) Henry s Growing Influence, 1580-4 2 An Almost Incomparable Vigour of Body, 1584-8 (i) The War of the Three Henrys, 1584 9 (ii) The King Allies Himself with Navarre, 1584 5 (iii) The King Allies Himself with the Guises, 1585-8 (iv) The War of Pamphlets (v) Military Operations, 1586 (vi) Coutras, 20 October 1587 (vii) The Climacteric Year: 1588 (viii) The Empty Throne: 1589 3 A King without a Kingdom (i) The New King s Supporters (ii) Retreat from Paris, August 1589 (iii) Arques, 21 September 1589: Ils ne se sont gueres bien servys de leur avantaige (iv) The First Attack on Paris, September-November 1589 (v) Ivry, 14 March 1590: Dieu nous a bénis (vi) The Second Attack on Paris, May-September 1590 (vii) The Struggle in the Provinces 1589-90 (viii) Venus and Mars, February-April 1591 (ix) The Siege of Rouen, November 1591-April 1592 (x) The Struggle in the Provinces, 1592 (xi) Relations with Rome, 1584 92 (xii) The Troubles of the League, 1589-92 (xiii) The Estates-General of 1593 4 The Perilous Leap, 1593-4 (i) The Desired Instruction, July 1593 (ii) The Necessary and Customary Ceremonies, 25 July 1593 (iii) The Falling Out of Faithful Friends, 1593-4 (iv) To Condemn the Treason, and Reward the Traitor , 1593-4 (v) The King as Sacerdos, February 1594 (vi) The Joyous Entry, 22 March 1594 (vii) The Paternal Blessing, 1593-5 (viii) The Croquants of 1594 5 La guerre au roy d Hespaigne , 1595-7 (i) Châtel and the Jesuits, 1594-5 (ii) The Eastern Campaign, 1595 (iii) The North-Eastern Frontier, 1596 (iv) The Assembly of Notables, 1596-7 (v) An Interval of Peace, 1597 (vi) Amiens Lost and Amiens Regained, 1597 6 L heureuse saison. , 1598 (i) The Brittany Voyage: Mercure ou Mars , February-May 1598 (ii) The Affairs of Those of the Religion , April 1598 (iii) A Small Town Called Vervins, February-May 1598 (iv) Mon humeur mélancolique , June-December 1598 (v) Partagés ma couronne , 1598-9 (vi) Savoy, December 1599-June 1679 (vii) Theological Interlude: Le sieur Duplessis sacrifié au Pape , April-May 1683 (viii) Mon premyer metyer , August-December 1600 (ix) Quelque princesse digne de la moitié de son lict , October 1600-January 1601 7 The Hercules That Now Reigns , 1600 (i) The King s View of France (ii) The King s Household (iii) The Great Officers and Their Charges (iv) The King s Daily Round 8 The Consolidation of the Dynasty, 1601-2 (i) Monsieur de Rosni Doth Promise Millions (ii) Pour visiter les fortifications que j y fais faire (iii) Puer natus est nobis , September 1601 (iv) Both in Watch and Warde Attending the Opportunity (v) If He Comes He Deceaves the World (vi) The Opinion Is, That Hee Shall Dye (vii) If Bouillon Comes, His Doom Is Already Geeven (viii) Le nombre de tels larrons n est ja que trop grand (ix) To Hold in Bridle the Gallies of Spain 9 A confused Labyrinthe , 1603-4 (i) On est paisible en mon royaume (ii) Le bon Dieu veut disposer de moy (iii) La reine d Angleterre est décédée These Jesuits Having Now the Liberties of France (v) Nous avons descouvert force trahisons (vi) The Cold War Continues (vii) Places Should Be Fortified but the Frontiers (viii) This Town Is Growing Much Fairer than You Have Seen It ' (ix) L honorable passion d embellir son royaume de toutes sortes d artifices 10 Un malheur inconnu , 1605-6 (i) Souvent d une estincelle il s allume un grand feu (ii) Ceux de la Religion de Guyenne et de Languedoc y font rage (iii) We Have Been Advised of the Opposition to the Sieur de Monts (iv) Il me tint continuellement la main (v) The King Rejoyceth Much in His Dolphin (vi) Tant j estois amoureux de Sedan (vii) The Princes of Germany Begin to Bristle Themselves (viii) The Placing of These Waters, for the Transporting of All Her Commodities (ix) Great Multitudes of Irishmen 11 The Halcyon s Nest, 1607-9 (i) The Great Mortification of His Natural Vivacity (ii) His Majesty Was Magnificently and Sumptuously Arrayed (iii) Tandem arbiter orbis (iv) The Greatest and Goodliest Palace of Europe (v) Spunges to the King (vi) Someone of Proven Quality, Capacity and Fidelity (vii) The Greatness of His Governors (viii) L insolence de ceux dudict parlement (ix) Je vous prie que ce soit Lecomte (x) J'estime que ce ne soyent que querelles particulières 12 'L'infortune de cet abominable jour' (i) 'Things Were Now Tending to an Universall Peace (ii) 'The Matter of Cleves Is Growen Hote Again (iii) The Noise of Warre (iv) La main de cet esprit farouche (v) C était un roi, celui-là Conclusion: un roy pour estre grand ne doit rien ignorer Notes Sources and Bibliography Chronological Table Glossary Index. ISBN 9780415090674 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 417.