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'Homicides royaux' : the assassination of the Duc and Cardinal de Guise and the radicalization of French public opinion
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| Title: | 'Homicides royaux' : the assassination of the Duc and Cardinal de Guise and the radicalization of French public opinion | Authors: | Wilkinson, Alexander S. | Permanent link: | http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3716 | Date: | Jun-2004 | Abstract: | The propaganda campaign launched in response to the assassination of the Duc and Cardinal de Guise on the orders of Henri III in December 1588 was the largest waged in the history of sixteenth-century France. Yet, it has never been the subject of systematic investigation. This article aims to fill this historiographical lacuna by presenting a broad survey of the principal arguments and techniques employed both by the Royalists, who sought to justify the act, and the League who exploited the event to radicalise Catholic opinion against Henri III. It finds that while the king was partly unwilling and partly unable to engage in any serious attempt to influence public opinion, the League exploited the media to defend the Guises as Catholic martyrs and to discredit the king as a criminal and irreligious tyrant. | Funding Details: | Not applicable | Type of material: | Journal Article | Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Copyright (published version): | 2004 Oxford University Press and the Society for the Study of French History | Keywords: | French history;Media history;Bibliography | Subject LCSH: | Mass media and propaganda--France--History Mass media and public opinion--France--History Louis, Cardinal of Guise, 1556-1588--Assassination Guise, Henri, duc de, 1550-1588--Assassination |
DOI: | 10.1093/fh/18.2.129 | Language: | en | Status of Item: | Peer reviewed |
| Appears in Collections: | History Research Collection |
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