Protestantism, Poetry and Protest (St. Andrew's Studies in Reformation History)

359 Pages·2009·3.24 MB·English

by  S.K. Barker

Protestantism, Poetry and Protest
The Vernacular Writings of
Antoine de Chandieu (c. 1534–1591)
S.K. Barker
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Protestantism, Poetry
and Protest
The Vernacular Writings of
Antoine de Chandieu (c. 1534–1591)
S.K. BArKer
Lancaster University, UK
© S.K. Barker 2009
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Barker, S.K.
Protestantism, poetry and protest : the vernacular writings of Antoine de
Chandieu (c. 1534–1591). – (St Andrews studies in reformation history)
1. Chandieu, Antoine de, 1534–1591 2. Protestantism in literature
3. Protestantism – France – History – 16th century 4. religion and literature
– France – History – 16th century 5. France – History – Wars of the
Huguenots, 1562–1598 – Literature and the wars
I. Title
284.5’092
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Barker, S.K.
Protestantism, poetry, and protest : the vernacular writings of Antoine de
Chandieu (c. 1534–1591) / Sara Barker.
p. cm. – (St. Andrews studies in reformation history)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
ISBN 978–0–7546–6491–8 (alk. paper) – ISBN 978–0–7546–9444–1 (ebook)
1. Chandieu, Antoine de, 1534–1591.
I. Title.
BX9419.C53B37 2009
284.2092–dc22 2008050393
ISBN 978–0–7546–6491–8
Contents
List of Tables vii
Acknowledgements ix
Abbreviations xi
Conventions xiii
Introduction 1
1 The Life of Antoine de Chandieu 13
2 establishing a Church (1555–1560) 51
3 The Conspiracy of Amboise and the French reformed Church
87
4 ‘Armez-vous pour vostre Poësie’: Chandieu, ronsard
and Polemical Poetry 109
5 Creating a French Protestant Ideal 161
6 Chandieu and Internal Threats to the Protestant Churches 187
7 ‘Mes yeux ne sont fontaines sourdans du rocher de mes
peines’: Poetical expression and the Crisis of French
Calvinism 209
8 ‘Sa solide erudition est redoutee de tous les aduersaires
de verité’: Chandieu’s Practical experience of Protestantism 243
Conclusion 281
APPeNDIX A: Antoine de Chandieu – Life and Times 287
APPeNDIX B: english Citations of Chandieu 299
APPeNDIX C: Chandieu’s Surviving Correspondence 305
Bibliography 307
Index 329
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List of Tables
2.1 reformed Confessions of the Sixteenth Century 68
4.1 ronsard and his Protestant Critics 128
5.1 Chandieu’s Martyrs 177
8.1 Prose Meditations 248
8.2 The Articles of the response à la Profession
de Foy 264
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Acknowledgements
The research that forms the foundation of this work has been conducted over
several years, firstly as a graduate student at the University of St Andrews,
latterly as a research fellow with the St Andrews French Vernacular Book
Project in Paris. The work could not have come to fruition without funding
from two bodies. An AHrC scholarship provided the initial funding for
the Ph.D. research undertaken at the University of St Andrews as part
of the French Vernacular Book Project. A second scholarship from the
Bourse Française in Geneva allowed me to spend several months in the
autumn of 2003 as a guest of the Institut d’histoire de la réformation.
Both grants, and both institutions, had an immense impact on my work,
and I am grateful to be able to offer thanks here. In Geneva, the members
of the Institut, especially Nicolas Fornerod, Irena Backus, and reinhard
Bodenmann, ensured my time there was both profitable and enjoyable.
The staff of the Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire de Genève, the
rare books room of the Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire in
Lausanne, the Universitätsbibliothek in Basel, the Bibliothèque Publique et
Universitaire of Neuchâtel, the British Library, Palace Green Library at the
University of Durham, Special Collections at the University of edinburgh,
the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, the
Bibliothèque Sainte Geneviève, and the Bibliothèque de la société de
l’histoire du protestantisme français in Paris all went out of their way to
help my research run as smoothly as possible. Special thanks must go to
Marianne Tisoli of the BPU and the Musée Historique de la réformation
in Geneva, for her help inside the library and her friendship outside it. I
was privileged as part of the St Andrews French Vernacular Book Project
to visit libraries, archives and collections across France, Luxembourg and
Switzerland: my understanding of the early modern book world grew out
of the rich resources that are housed in these institutions.
The reformation Studies Institute in St Andrews was a happy home
for several years, its members providing an informative and welcoming
atmosphere in which to pursue research. In particular, Dr Alexandra Kess,
Dr Matthew Hall, and Dr Michael Springer were all willing to share their
expertise over coffee or in emails – their particular contributions are noted
in the text. Dr Bridget Heal gave me excellent advice on revising the thesis.
As part of the St Andrews French Vernacular Book Project, I was very lucky
to work alongside a tight-knit group who were supportive and challenging