Pratiques politiques et image de la noblesse ligueuse: l'Exemple d'Antoine de Saint-Paul

Laurent Bourquin

Histoire, économie & société, 1990, vol. 9, issue 2, 185-195

Abstract: [fre] Résumé Après la mort d'Henri de Guise, Antoine de Saint-Paul, l'un de ses clients, prit la tête de la noblesse ligueuse en Champagne. Malgré son rang très modeste, il tenta de fédérer autour de lui l'ensemble des groupes hostiles au roi de France. Son ascension, ses moyens d'action et son image dans la propagande ligueuse permettent de mieux comprendre la place originale qui fut celle d'une partie du second ordre lors de la dernière phase des guerres de Religion. La contestation de son autorité et son échec final (1594) mettent en relief les obstacles sociaux et mentaux à un engagement unanime de la noblesse derrière un chef dépourvu de toute légitimité hiérarchique. [eng] Abstract After Henri de Guise's death (december 1588), Antoine de Saint- Paul, one of his clients, took the lead of the leagued nobility in Champagne. In spite of his humble rank, he tried to federate behind him all the groups that were hostile to the king of France. His ascension, his means of action and his image in the propaganda of the League allow to understand better the original place of certain nobles during the last period of the religious wars. The contesting of his authority and his final failure throw into relief the social and mental obstacles in a unanimous engagement of the nobility behind a leader devoid of any hierarchical legitimacy.

Date: 1990
Note: DOI:10.3406/hes.1990.2379
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