The French Monarchy 1483–1789: Volume 1 (Paperback)

Preface; 1. A survey of France at the end of the XVth century; 2. The Italian wars; 3. The religious situation of France and the reign of Henry II; 4. The wars of religion, part I: to the death of Charles IX; 5. The religious wars, part II: the reign of Henry III; 6. King Henry IV; 7. From the death of Henry IV to the fall of Rochelle; 8. Richelieu supreme in France; 9. Mazarin and the Fronde; Appendix 1. The French kings of the House of Valois, from Charles V to the extinction of the line; Appendix 2. The Bourbon kings; Appendix 3. The family of the Guises, to illustrate the wars of religion; Appendix 4. The House of Conde, and its relation to the House of Bourbon, to illustrate the wars of the Fronde; Appendix 5. The peaces and treaties of the wars of religion.