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Geneva's use of lies, deceit, and subterfuge, 1536-1563 : telling the old, old story in Reformation France /

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Main Author: Balserak, Jon (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford Academic
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:Oxford studies in historical theology.
Subjects:
Calvin, Jean, > 1509-1564.
Reformation > France > 16th century.
Church and state > France > History > 16th century.
France > Church history > 16th century.
Reformation > France.
Réforme (Christianisme) > France.
France > Histoire religieuse > 16e siècle.
Église et État > France > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Series
  • Geneva's Use of Lies, Deceit, and Subterfuge, 1536-1563
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • 1. What This Study Argues
  • 2. Review of Scholarship
  • 3. Lies, Self-​Presentation, and Early Modern Culture
  • II. DEVISING AND IMPLEMENTING CALVIN'S PLANS, 1536- 1563
  • 4. Why Did Calvin Write His Prefatory Letter to King Francis I?
  • 5. Deception and Clandestine Ministry
  • III. NEGOTIATING THREE CHALLENGES, 1559- 1563
  • 6. King Francis II's Reign (and Youth): Political Plotting up through 1560
  • 7. Catherine's Policy of Toleration: Growing the Church and Fighting the Devil
  • 8. The Advent of War: Establishing Christ's Kingdom in France in Wartime
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.