1st Edition
The Counts of Laval Culture, Patronage and Religion in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century France
By Malcolm Walsby
Copyright 2007
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Lavals were one of the most important families in late medieval France, rising to a position of unsurpassed eminence by the mid sixteenth century. Yet, at the very point where they reached this position of unrivalled importance, all was put at risk by the dual challenges of dynastic failure and the Reformation. The vagaries of dynastic failure threatened their hard won success and these... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Mediaeval Lords: the rise of the House of Laval; The network of affinity; The Golden Age; New challenges: the Wars of Religion; Laval versus Rohan; Conclusions Appendix: genealogy tables; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Malcolm Walsby is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews, UK.
’Malcolm Walsby provides a great deal of precise information on clientage that will deepen any general study of the subject.’ Renaissance Quarterly ’In sum, The Counts of Laval offers much of interest to historians of the nobility and their power bases in the fifteenth and sixteenth century. Walsby provides a valuable case-study to accompany the extensive theoretical literature on patronage in this period.’ Parergon ’This book is worthy of the attention of anyone interested in the history of the late medieval and early modern French nobility.’ Sixteenth Century Journal ’Solidement documenté et appuyé sur une bibliographie très à jour, le livre de M. Walsby est une contribution précieuse à l'histoire de la société politique des XVe et XVIe siècles.’ Revue d'Histoire Moderne et Contemporaine ’Historians of the Reformation often discuss questions of loyalty in somewhat abstract terms, whereas in this well-researched study such questions are placed in the long-term context of the family and its regional significance.’ French Studies
