The Conversion of Henri IV: Politics, Power, and Religious Belief in Early Modern France (Harvard Historical Studies)

By Michael Wolfe

Paris is worth a Mass. So said Henri IV on his conversion to Catholicism, acccording to cynics, and the motives behind the act have been the stuff of history ever since. The Conversion of Henri IV reclaims the religious significance of this momentous event in the development of the French monarchy and early modern political culture.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674170318
• ISBN13: 9780674170315
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"