Table of Contents

Preface 1 Introduction 2 Was there an Inquisition in Reformation France? 3 Catherine de Medici and the Ancien Regime 4 Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre and the French Crisis of Authority, 1599-1562 5 The Origins of Queen Elizabeth's Relations with the Huguenots, 1559-1562 6 Queen Elizabeth and the Conspiracy of Amboise, March 1560 7 The Cardinal of Lorraine and the Colloque of Poissy, 1561: A Reassessment 8 The Assassination of Francois Duc de Guise, February 1563 9 The Role of Coligny in the French Civil Wars 10 The Massacre of St Bartholomew and the Problem of Spain 11 The Foreign Policy of Queen Elizabeth, the Sea Beggars and the Capture of Brill, 1572 12 William of Orange and the Revolt of the Netherlands: A Missing Dimension 13 Catherine de Medici: The Legend of the Wicked Italian Queen Index