«N’estans chrestiens que de nombre & nom»: René Benoist et l’abjuration d’Henri IV
- Submitting institution
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 263276-73628-1283
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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- Book title
- La Ligue et ses frontières : Engagements catholiques à distance du radicalisme à la fin des guerres de Religion
- Publisher
- Presses Universitaires de Rennes
- ISBN
- 9782753541245
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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http://pur-editions.fr/detail.php?idOuv=3908
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- This is a scholarly chapter focusing on René Benoist, who was an advisor to Henri IV following the King's conversion to Catholicism. It addresses the accusation of hypocrisy made against Benoist by Jean Boucher among others, suggesting that Benoist's long history of ambiguity and polysemy in his published writings might be understood as deliberate tactics to address different audiences at once and to heal divisions. It also argues that this long perspective provides a better understanding of the strategies used to defend the legitimacy of Henri IV.