Contents

pp v-v

List of maps

pp vi-vi

Preface

pp vii-x

Abbreviations

pp xi-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-2

1 - Prologue: civil war and the early years of François de Valois, 1555–72

pp 3-18

2 - From St Bartholomew's Day to the death of Charles IX, August 1572–May 1574

pp 19-44

3 - War and peace, May 1574–May 1576

pp 45-69

4 - The Estates-General and the renewal of civil war, May 1576–September 1577

pp 70-92

5 - Overtures from the Netherlands, September 1577–January 1579

pp 93-112

6 - Civil war, marriage, and more overtures from the Netherlands, January 1579–December 1580

pp 113-145

7 - Ménage à trois: Elizabeth, Anjou, and the Dutch Revolt, January 1581–February 1582

pp 146-165

8 - Turmoil in the Netherlands, February 1582–January 1583

pp 166-184

9 - ‘The ruin of France’, January 1583–June 1584

pp 185-214

Appendices

A - The household of the duke of Anjou, 1572–84

pp 215-218

B - The apanage of the duke of Anjou

pp 219-219

C - Income from the apanage of the duke of Anjou

pp 220-221

Select bibliography

pp 222-234

Index

pp 235-242