Index
Abigail (wife of King David)
300
Absalom (son of King David)
303
Aistulf of the Lombards
249
Ancients
Moderns and
49–54, 316
Aneau, Barthélemy
53
Antwerp, Siege of
255, 258–260
Apocalypticism
148n25, 308, 320
D’Aubigné, Agrippa
Augustine of Hippo, Saint
70
Beaulieu, Peace of
239, 244, 246n24, 253, 261
Beaux-Amis, Thomas
140–142, 301–303
Beza, Theodore
271, 292–296
Bible
Apocrypha
158
Citation of
156–159
Poetry and
167–170
Biblical exegesis
64–68, 298, 317, 319
Marguerite de Navarre and
69n105
Bologna, Concordat of
81, 84, 92
Boucher, Jean
129–130, 314
Budé, Guillaume
95–96
Calvinism
Letters of remission and
2
Calvin, John
Bible and
62, 66–69
Capet, Hugh
246, 310, 313
Carloman
250
Catherine de’ Medici
16, 91, 247, 311
Life of
142–146
Ronsard, Pierre de
Catholicism
Errors of
5–7
Roman influence and
312
Catholic League
140, 160, 173–174, 177–179, 213–218, 240, 273
Henry III
Cave, Terence
30, 69n105, 70
Charlemagne
249, 251, 286, 289, 312
Charles IX
16, 114
Charles of Lorraine (Cardinal)
83–84
Charles of Lower Lorraine (953–993)
310
Chénier, Marie-Joseph
322
Childeric I
283, 289
Childeric III
248, 286–287
Ciceronianism
58
Cicero
59
Discussion of zeal and
101–102
Clément, Jacques
see Assassination of Henry III
Coligny, Gaspard de
Family of
3, 11
Jean Guy and
2–3
Martyrdom and
126–127
Crespin, Jean
4, 124–125
D’Ailly, Pierre
45n43
Daniel (prophet)
235
D’Aubigné, Agrippa
22, 319
Apocalyptic prophet, poet as
190, 225, 229, 230–231
Prefaces and
146–154
Prometheus, poet as
187, 218–224, 237, 320
Prophetic voice and
224–228
David, Jean (Advocate)
22
Death of
239
David (King of Israel)
114–115, 211, 299–308
D’Avila, Sancho
259
Da Vinci, Leonardo
88
De l’Estoile, Pierre
176–179, 240, 263
Denis, Saint
249
Des Autels, Guillaume
191–193
De Thou, Jacques-Auguste
242
Dionysius the Elder
116–117
Dominicans (Jacobins, Order of Preachers)
109–111
Dorléans, Louis
22, 190, 213–218, 236–237, 320
Du Bellay, Jean (Cardinal)
85
Du Bellay, Joachim
52–54, 171–172, 315
Petrarchism
Du Plessis–Mornay, Philippe
271
Eclecticism
58–60
Edict of Nantes
15, 321
Edward III of England
311
Eighty Years’ War
259
Elizabeth I of England
213, 320
Erasmus, Desiderius
86
Biblical exegesis and
64, 69n105
De copia
56–57
Forsyth, Elliott
208–209
Francis, Duke of Anjou (1555–1584)
246n24, 264, 294
Francis I
88
Affair of the Placards and
78, 90
Tolerance and
15, 78
Franks (people)
280
Etymology of name
280, 282
Government
290–291
Gallicanism
84, 92, 246, 252, 266, 276
Gallio, Tolomeo (Cardinal)
243–244
Gauls (people)
Language
274, 276
Government
277–278, 279
Gelasius II (pope)
286
Genette, Gérard
21, 136–137, 182
Gerson, Jean
36
Gibier, Éloy
1, 8–9
Godfrey of Viterbo
282, 289
Good Samaritan, Parable of the
45–47
Goulart, Simon
135, 267, 323
Assassination of Henry III
106
Historiography and
13–14, 288
Prefacing in compilations
139–141, 315, 319
Gregory of Rimini
45n43
Gregory of Tours
282, 289, 290
Gregory XIII (Pope)
243–244
Guy, Jean
315
Conversion of
99
Letters of remission and
1–2
Parricide
1
Hampton, Timothy
30, 56–58
Henry, Duke of Guise (1550–1588)
16, 22, 245, 247
Assassination of
121, 179, 183
Poetic praise for
167–170
Pretentions to the French throne
241, 260
Henry II
91, 270
Henry III
22, 239, 247, 314
Accession to throne
104–105
Assassination of
105–111, 160–167, 173–175, 178, 265, 271
Atheism and
121–122
Catholic League and
262–263
Opposition to the Guises
241
Henry IV (King of France and of Navarre)
151, 211, 229, 262
Accession to throne
265, 271
Hotman, François
23, 251, 270
Huizinga, Johan
36–37
Nominalism and
40
Humanism
77, 80, 316
Scholasticism and
47–49, 134, 316
Rabelais, François
Imitation (theory of)
Interpretation and
56–62
Jeanneret, Michel
30, 55, 65–66, 220–221
Jerome, Saint
64–65, 163, 275, 277
John Chrysostom, Saint
166–167
Jonah (prophet)
223
Juan of Austria
252n49
Judith
Book of
160–161
Holofernes and
161–164
Junius Brutus
296–297
Langer, Ullrich
133
Languet, Hubert
271, 294
La Taille, Jean de
22, 111–115, 189, 236, 320
Art of tragedy and
206–209
Prophetic voice and
205, 210
Lefèvre d’Etaples, Jacques
69n105
Literature
Definition of
23–25
History and
26–28
Lombard, Peter
59
Louis II, Cardinal of Guise
Assassination of
121, 130–131
Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1669)
9
Louis V
310
Luther, Martin
79–80
Biblical exegesis and
81
Lyon
241
Marguerite of Valois
265
Marot, Clément
89–90
Matthieu, Pierre
261
Melanchthon, Philip
66
Merovech
283, 289
Mirror of the prince (miroir du prince)
87
Ronsard, Pierre de
Moderns
see Ancients
Monarchomachs
23, 25–26, 121n48, 272, 309
National identity and
306–308
Montaigne, Michel de
316
Essay “On glory”
29, 31–33
Moses
165
Nominalism
19–20, 133
Definition
39
Realism and
41
Theology and
42, 45n43, 316
Paratext (theory of)
136–138
Pasquier, Estienne
178–179
Paul of Tarsus, Saint
235, 249
Discussion of zeal and
103–104
Pellevé, Nicholas de (Cardinal)
244
Pepin the Short
248, 286, 289
Peter, Saint
249
Petrarchism
Du Bellay and
60
Ronsard and
61
Pharamond
289
Pharine, Jacques
256
Philip VI of Valois
311
Philology
Sacred Scripture and
62–66, 80
Pinselet, Charles
179–183
Plato
17n22
Pléiade
51n61, 59, 171, 315
Politiques
156–157, 176
Poliziano, Angelo
58
Polycarp, Saint
131–132
Polyphemus
187
Portau, Jean
256
Prometheus
see D’Aubigné, Agrippa
Protestant Reformation
Martyrs and
8
Rabelais, François
Christian charity and
43–47
Humanism and
70–72
Scholasticism and
70–72
Reiss, Timothy
23–25, 30, 65, 321n7
Revelation, Book of
228, 231, 233
Ronsard, Pierre de
22, 185, 188–189, 236, 320
Catherine de’ Medici and
195–197
Henry III and
104–105
Marquetry and
61
Mirror of the Prince and
193–194
Protestant attacks on
197–202
Petrarchism
Salic Law
284–286, 311
Samuel (prophet)
114, 205, 209–210
Santori, Giulio (Cardinal)
244
Saul (King of Israel)
111–116, 205, 210–212, 299–302, 304
Savanarola, Girolamo
125
Scève, Maurice
185–186
Scholasticism
58, 77
Humanism; Rabelais, François
Scripture
see Bible
Sébillet, Thomas
50–51
Semiotic crisis
17, 30
Sophistry
72–75
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
111, 141–142, 212, 239, 270, 272, 309
Stephen II (pope)
248–251, 286, 288, 313
Sylvester (pope)
280
Tacitus
282
Tiepolo, Paolo
244
Tomkins, Thomas
126
Trent, Council of
82, 84, 86, 247
Troy (city in ancient Greece)
French legendary origins in
281–282, 289
Turpinus, Johannes
282
Tyranny
Atheism and
120–123
Removal of king because of
118–120
Valla, Lorenzo
Donation of Constantine and
79, 93–95, 280
Latin language and
63
Vercellensis, Venericus
287
Vivonne, Jean de
268
Wars of religion (French)
2
Discourse of
16, 19–20, 24n30, 33, 43, 50, 189
Historiography and
146, 155, 225, 309
History of
6n7, 18n25, 320
Politics of
17, 83
Beaulieu, Peace of; Edict of Nantes
William of Ockham
41–42w
William of Orange
294
Zachary (pope)
286–287, 312