Alan James is a lecturer in the Laughton Naval History Unit of the Department of War Studies, King's College London. His is author of The Navy and Government in Early Modern France, 1572-1661 (Boydell, 2004) for which he was awarded the prize of 'Best Young Academic Author of the Year' by the college.

• Introduction to the SeriesAcknowledgementsChronologyMap: France in 1620IntroductionPART ONE: THE BACKGROUND1. EARLY BOURBON MONARCHYThe ‘Peace’ Of NantesThe Recovery Of Royal AuthorityThe Early Reign Of Louis XIIIPART TWO: ANALYSIS2. RELIGION The Catholic ReformationThe Cardinal MinistersThe HuguenotsJansenism3. WAREarly Aims and AmbitionsFrance in the Thirty Years' War, 1635-48Mazarin and the Peace Of The Pyrenees, 1648-594. GOVERNMENTPopular RebellionMoneyOfficers of the CrownFronde of the Parlement, 1648-49Personal Government5. SOCIAL ORDERThe Fronde of the Nobles, 1650-53Louis XIII and the NobilityHistorians and the NobilityThe Dynastic StatePART THREE: ASSESSMENT6. THE ORIGINS OF FRENCH ABSOLUTISM?The Fouquet-Colbert RivalryThe End Of Government By First Minister?The Golden Years, 1559-61PART FOUR: DOCUMENTSWho’s WhoFurther Reading ReferencesGlossaryIndex

Alan James is a lecturer in the Laughton Naval History Unit of the Department of War Studies, King's College London. His is author of The Navy and Government in Early Modern France, 1572-1661 (Boydell, 2004) for which he was awarded the prize of 'Best Young Academic Author of the Year' by the college.

• Introduction to the SeriesAcknowledgementsChronologyMap: France in 1620IntroductionPART ONE: THE BACKGROUND1. EARLY BOURBON MONARCHYThe ‘Peace’ Of NantesThe Recovery Of Royal AuthorityThe Early Reign Of Louis XIIIPART TWO: ANALYSIS2. RELIGION The Catholic ReformationThe Cardinal MinistersThe HuguenotsJansenism3. WAREarly Aims and AmbitionsFrance in the Thirty Years' War, 1635-48Mazarin and the Peace Of The Pyrenees, 1648-594. GOVERNMENTPopular RebellionMoneyOfficers of the CrownFronde of the Parlement, 1648-49Personal Government5. SOCIAL ORDERThe Fronde of the Nobles, 1650-53Louis XIII and the NobilityHistorians and the NobilityThe Dynastic StatePART THREE: ASSESSMENT6. THE ORIGINS OF FRENCH ABSOLUTISM?The Fouquet-Colbert RivalryThe End Of Government By First Minister?The Golden Years, 1559-61PART FOUR: DOCUMENTSWho’s WhoFurther Reading ReferencesGlossaryIndex

Alan James is a lecturer in the Laughton Naval History Unit of the Department of War Studies, King's College London. His is author of The Navy and Government in Early Modern France, 1572-1661 (Boydell, 2004) for which he was awarded the prize of 'Best Young Academic Author of the Year' by the college.

• Introduction to the SeriesAcknowledgementsChronologyMap: France in 1620IntroductionPART ONE: THE BACKGROUND1. EARLY BOURBON MONARCHYThe ‘Peace’ Of NantesThe Recovery Of Royal AuthorityThe Early Reign Of Louis XIIIPART TWO: ANALYSIS2. RELIGION The Catholic ReformationThe Cardinal MinistersThe HuguenotsJansenism3. WAREarly Aims and AmbitionsFrance in the Thirty Years' War, 1635-48Mazarin and the Peace Of The Pyrenees, 1648-594. GOVERNMENTPopular RebellionMoneyOfficers of the CrownFronde of the Parlement, 1648-49Personal Government5. SOCIAL ORDERThe Fronde of the Nobles, 1650-53Louis XIII and the NobilityHistorians and the NobilityThe Dynastic StatePART THREE: ASSESSMENT6. THE ORIGINS OF FRENCH ABSOLUTISM?The Fouquet-Colbert RivalryThe End Of Government By First Minister?The Golden Years, 1559-61PART FOUR: DOCUMENTSWho’s WhoFurther Reading ReferencesGlossaryIndex