Elizabeth Woodrough is Lecturer in French, specialising in French literature of the seventeenth century, University of Exeter.Keith Cameron is Professor in French and Renaissance Studies, University of Exeter.

"The editors are to be complimented for assembling this international team of scholars, who have explored a theme which is central to the cultural and political history of seventeenth-century France." French History Vol. 12, No. 3 1998 ". . .this collection contains much that will interest the historian and the literary scholar." (English Historical Review, April 1998)

• Derek WattsDerek Watts: A BibliographyContributorsPart I: The Ethics of ActionIntroduction, Elizabeth Woodrough1. 'Alternative' Ethical Systems in France during the Grand Siècle, William D. Howarth2. A Note on Lay Piety in the Early Seventeenth Century, John Cruickshank3. Guez de Balzac: The Enduring Influence of Rome, Margaret McGowan4. L'Image de la Ligue dans les Mémoires du Cardinal de Retz, Simone Bertière5. The Political Testaments of Richelieu and La Rochefoucauld, Elizabeth Woodrough6. Considérations morales et politiques autour d'Henri II de Montmorency: Une polyphonie discordante, Noémi Hepp7. Medicine and Statecraft in the Mémoires of the Cardinal de Retz, Colin Jones8. The Fouquet-Colbert Rivalry and the 'Revolution' of 1661, Richard Bonney9. Crescit ut aspicitur: Condé and the Reinterpretation of Heroism, 1650-1662, Mark Bannister10. Love, Marriage and a Disputed Sentence in La Princesse de Clèves, John Campbell11. Marie de Villars: A Political Woman?, Wendy Perkins12. Ascendant et déclinaison de la noblesse française dans le système de Boulainvilliers, Yves CoiraultPart II: The Politics of Theatre13. Corneille: Ethic and Polis, Henry Phillips14. Sur l'echec des conjurés dans La Mort de Sénèque, Madeleine Bertaud15. 'Le poids d'une couronne': The Dilemma of Monarchy in La Calprenède's Tragedies, Guy Snaith16. African Temptresses and Roman Matrons: Female Roles on the Paris Stage, 1634-1643, David Clarke17. How Quinault uses Political Commonplaces, William Brooks18. Politics and Tragedy: The Case of the Earl of Essex, C.J. Gossip19. 'Je commence à rougir': Shame, Self-Esteem and Guilt in the Presentation of Racine's Hippolyte, Edward Forman20. L'influence de Louis XIV sur la vie littéraire: pour un bilan critique, Jean RohouIndex

Elizabeth Woodrough is Lecturer in French, specialising in French literature of the seventeenth century, University of Exeter.Keith Cameron is Professor in French and Renaissance Studies, University of Exeter.

"The editors are to be complimented for assembling this international team of scholars, who have explored a theme which is central to the cultural and political history of seventeenth-century France." French History Vol. 12, No. 3 1998 ". . .this collection contains much that will interest the historian and the literary scholar." (English Historical Review, April 1998)

• Derek WattsDerek Watts: A BibliographyContributorsPart I: The Ethics of ActionIntroduction, Elizabeth Woodrough1. 'Alternative' Ethical Systems in France during the Grand Siècle, William D. Howarth2. A Note on Lay Piety in the Early Seventeenth Century, John Cruickshank3. Guez de Balzac: The Enduring Influence of Rome, Margaret McGowan4. L'Image de la Ligue dans les Mémoires du Cardinal de Retz, Simone Bertière5. The Political Testaments of Richelieu and La Rochefoucauld, Elizabeth Woodrough6. Considérations morales et politiques autour d'Henri II de Montmorency: Une polyphonie discordante, Noémi Hepp7. Medicine and Statecraft in the Mémoires of the Cardinal de Retz, Colin Jones8. The Fouquet-Colbert Rivalry and the 'Revolution' of 1661, Richard Bonney9. Crescit ut aspicitur: Condé and the Reinterpretation of Heroism, 1650-1662, Mark Bannister10. Love, Marriage and a Disputed Sentence in La Princesse de Clèves, John Campbell11. Marie de Villars: A Political Woman?, Wendy Perkins12. Ascendant et déclinaison de la noblesse française dans le système de Boulainvilliers, Yves CoiraultPart II: The Politics of Theatre13. Corneille: Ethic and Polis, Henry Phillips14. Sur l'echec des conjurés dans La Mort de Sénèque, Madeleine Bertaud15. 'Le poids d'une couronne': The Dilemma of Monarchy in La Calprenède's Tragedies, Guy Snaith16. African Temptresses and Roman Matrons: Female Roles on the Paris Stage, 1634-1643, David Clarke17. How Quinault uses Political Commonplaces, William Brooks18. Politics and Tragedy: The Case of the Earl of Essex, C.J. Gossip19. 'Je commence à rougir': Shame, Self-Esteem and Guilt in the Presentation of Racine's Hippolyte, Edward Forman20. L'influence de Louis XIV sur la vie littéraire: pour un bilan critique, Jean RohouIndex

Elizabeth Woodrough is Lecturer in French, specialising in French literature of the seventeenth century, University of Exeter.Keith Cameron is Professor in French and Renaissance Studies, University of Exeter.

"The editors are to be complimented for assembling this international team of scholars, who have explored a theme which is central to the cultural and political history of seventeenth-century France." French History Vol. 12, No. 3 1998 ". . .this collection contains much that will interest the historian and the literary scholar." (English Historical Review, April 1998)

• Derek WattsDerek Watts: A BibliographyContributorsPart I: The Ethics of ActionIntroduction, Elizabeth Woodrough1. 'Alternative' Ethical Systems in France during the Grand Siècle, William D. Howarth2. A Note on Lay Piety in the Early Seventeenth Century, John Cruickshank3. Guez de Balzac: The Enduring Influence of Rome, Margaret McGowan4. L'Image de la Ligue dans les Mémoires du Cardinal de Retz, Simone Bertière5. The Political Testaments of Richelieu and La Rochefoucauld, Elizabeth Woodrough6. Considérations morales et politiques autour d'Henri II de Montmorency: Une polyphonie discordante, Noémi Hepp7. Medicine and Statecraft in the Mémoires of the Cardinal de Retz, Colin Jones8. The Fouquet-Colbert Rivalry and the 'Revolution' of 1661, Richard Bonney9. Crescit ut aspicitur: Condé and the Reinterpretation of Heroism, 1650-1662, Mark Bannister10. Love, Marriage and a Disputed Sentence in La Princesse de Clèves, John Campbell11. Marie de Villars: A Political Woman?, Wendy Perkins12. Ascendant et déclinaison de la noblesse française dans le système de Boulainvilliers, Yves CoiraultPart II: The Politics of Theatre13. Corneille: Ethic and Polis, Henry Phillips14. Sur l'echec des conjurés dans La Mort de Sénèque, Madeleine Bertaud15. 'Le poids d'une couronne': The Dilemma of Monarchy in La Calprenède's Tragedies, Guy Snaith16. African Temptresses and Roman Matrons: Female Roles on the Paris Stage, 1634-1643, David Clarke17. How Quinault uses Political Commonplaces, William Brooks18. Politics and Tragedy: The Case of the Earl of Essex, C.J. Gossip19. 'Je commence à rougir': Shame, Self-Esteem and Guilt in the Presentation of Racine's Hippolyte, Edward Forman20. L'influence de Louis XIV sur la vie littéraire: pour un bilan critique, Jean RohouIndex