Table of Contents

Mack P. Holt: Introduction
1: Mack P. Holt: The Kingdom of France in the Sixteenth Century
2: Jonathan Dewald: Social Groups and Cultural Practices
3: Philip T. Hoffman: Rural, Urban, and Global Economies
4: Barbara B. Diefendorf: Gender and the Family
5: Philip Benedict and Virginia Reinburg: Religion and the Sacred
6: Philip Benedict: The Wars of Religion
7: Barbara B. Diefendorf and Virginia Reinburg: Catholic Reform and Religious Coexistence
8: Mack P. Holt: Redrawing the Lines of Authority
Mack P. Holt: Conclusion
Further Reading
Chronology
Maps

About the Author

Mack P. Holt is Professor of History at George Mason University. His work has won prizes from the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, the National Huguenot Society, and the Southern Historical Association. He has served on the editorial board of French Historical Studies, and in 1999 was the president of the Society for French Historical Studies. He has previously taught at Harvard and Vanderbilt universities.