Book contents
- Huguenot Networks
- New Studies in European History
- Huguenot Networks
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Principal Participants
- Chapter 1 The Cheese and the Word(s)
- Chapter 2 Norman Connections
- Chapter 3 The Cardinal and the Ambassador
- Chapter 4 Confessional Connections
- Chapter 5 Exchanging News: Couriers and Communication
- Chapter 6 Truth and Lies, Secrets and Spies
- Conclusion
- Appendix: The Interrogation and Letters
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 November 2025
Book contents
- Huguenot Networks
- New Studies in European History
- Huguenot Networks
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Principal Participants
- Chapter 1 The Cheese and the Word(s)
- Chapter 2 Norman Connections
- Chapter 3 The Cardinal and the Ambassador
- Chapter 4 Confessional Connections
- Chapter 5 Exchanging News: Couriers and Communication
- Chapter 6 Truth and Lies, Secrets and Spies
- Conclusion
- Appendix: The Interrogation and Letters
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter introduces the interrogation document and associated letters around which the book is based and summarises the structure of the book and the content of its chapters. Emphasises the European-wide context of the Huguenot network that is revealed as well as the circumstances of the French religious wars c. 1567–1571. Engages with the relevant historiographical themes, including studies of correspondence and communication, diplomacy, intelligence-gathering and espionage, and confessional and transnational connections. Addresses the sub-themes of truth and secrecy and how these provide the backdrop for the clandestine confessional activities to be explored, particularly through the participation of Huguenot ministers. Investigates what we are able to reconstruct about the man, Jean Tivinat, who was arrested for and interrogated about his role in carrying the correspondence and the circumstances of his incarceration at the château of Dieppe.
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- Huguenot NetworksTruth and Secrecy in Sixteenth-Century Europe, pp. 1 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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