“God Reigning through You, Reigns with You”: The Charenton Controversy and the Development of Royal Authority in Early Bourbon France
During the years of 1617–20, a little-known polemical debate raged between the Protestant ministers, led by Pierre du Moulin, in the town of Charenton, just outside of Paris, and the Jesuit Jean Arnoux, confessor to Louis XIII. Marked by the crisis of Henry IV’s assassination in 1610 and the revolt of the princes against the regency government of Marie de’ Medici, the first decades of the seventeenth century witnessed an intense debate over the nature of royal authority. The author argues that the Charenton Controversy, influenced by the ideological clashes that occurred during the Estates-General, demonstrates that the ambiguous notions of royal authority were beginning to take concrete form.
France and the Estates General of 1614
1. May 14, 1610 2. French Financial Policy, 1600-1615 3. French Foreign Policy, 1598-1615 4. The Revolt of the Princes: January to October, 1614 5. Elections and Deputies: June to October, 1614 6. The Opening of the Estates General: October 1 to November 13 7. Offices and Finances: November 14 to December 14 8. The First Article of the Third Estate: December 15, 1614 to January 16, 1615 9. The Closing of the Estates General: January 17 to March 24 10. The Cahiers 11. The Cahiers in Context.
The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought c.350-c.1450
List of abbreviations Introduction J. H. Burns Part I. Foundations: 1. Christian doctrine Henry Chadwick 2. Greek and Roman political theory John Procope 3. Roman law P. G. Stein Part II. Byzantium: 4. Byzantine political thought D. M. Nicol Part III. Beginnings: c.350-c.750: 5. Introduction: the West R. A. Markus 6. The Latin fathers R. A. Markus 7. The barbarian kingdoms P. D. King Part IV. Formation: c.750-c.1150: 8. Introduction: the formation of political thought in the west D. E. Luscombe 9. Government, law and society R. Van Caenegem 10. Kingship and empire Janet Nelson 11. Church and papacy I. S. Robinson 12. The twelfth-century renaissance D. E. Luscombe and G. R. Evans Part V. Development: c.1150-c.1450: 13. Introduction: politics, institutions and ideas J. P. Canning 14. Spiritual and temporal powers J. A. Watt 15. Law: I. Law, legislative authority and theories of government, 1150-1300 K. Pennington II. Law, sovereignty and corporation theory, 1300-1450 J. P. Canning 16. Government Jean Dunbabin 17. Community: I. Community, counsel and representation Jeannine Quillet II. The conciliar movement Anthony Black 18. The individual and society Anthony Black 19. Property and poverty Janet Coleman Conclusion J. H. Burns Biographies Bibliography Index of names of persons Index of subjects.