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The Massacre of St. Bartholomew-religious Disputes, Great Power Competition, and the Decline of the Kingdom of France (Chinese Global History)

(english) Henry White

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"The Massacre of St. Bartholomew: Religious Disputes, Great Power Games, and the Decline of the Kingdom of France" is an extremely important academic monograph by Henry White, the most authoritative British scholar who studies the history of the Valois Dynasty in France. It is the first time that "The Massacre of St. Bartholomew was the result of a sudden decision" through systematic argumentation. At the end of the Valois Dynasty, why did the Kingdom of France fall into the dilemma of religious struggle? How did the struggle between royal and aristocratic power become entangled with religious struggles? What was the decision-making process for the St. Bartholomew's Massacre? Should key figures such as Catherine de' Medici and Charles IX be held responsible for the St. Bartholomew's Massacre, and to what extent? How did the St. Bartholomew's Massacre demonstrate the so-called "bigness" in terms of the number of people massacred, its scope, and its impact? Why did the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew become the beginning of the French Wars of Religion and a key event in the decline of the French Kingdom for a hundred years? This book will answer it in detail.