Writers in Conflict in Sixteenth-century France Essays in Honour of Malcolm Quainton

These essays written to celebrate the distinguished career of Renassiance scholar, Professor Malcolm Quainton, confirm the idea that the sixteenth-century in France was deeply marked by conflict, but readers expecting to find a volume wholly devoted to studies of war and religious disputation will be intrigued to discover that these rare not the only topics discussed. A number of subtle analyses reveal the stresses of internal conflict experienced by writers and woven into the fabric of their compositions. The three sections focus respectively on living and writing in conflict, the Wars of Religion, and intertextuality as conflict. Subjects include Ronard, Baif, Du Bellay, D'Aubigne, sonnets by Mary Queen of Scots and the political role of court festivities, while a previously unknown riposte to Clement Marot is first published here. This book will appeal to scholars and students of French language, literature and culture, and sixteenth-century European history.

Elizabeth Vinestock is a Lecturer in French at Lancaster University. David Foster was a Lecturer at the University of Lancaster until his death in 2007.

Notes on contributors * Preface * Publication by Malcolm Quainton * Acknowledgements * Abbreviations * Introduction --Neil Kenny * Conflits et évasion dans 'Les isles fortunées' --Daniel Ménager * When Petrarchan errors become become political crimes --François Rigolot * Ronsard et les astres --Philip Ford * Fortune in conflict --Tom Conley * 'L'argent, c'est la vie. Monnaie fait tout' --David Foster * 'J'ose attaquer les plus mutins' --Elizabeth Vinestock * Jean-Antoine de Baïf face au masscre de la Saint-Barthélemy --Jean Vignes * Des prêches, des armes et des livres --Anne-Pascale Pouey-Mounou * Ce foudre rougissant acere de fureur --Gisele Mathieu-Castellani * A conflict of interest? --Pauline M. Smith * Fêtes- Margaret --M. McGowan * Intestinal disorders --John O'Brien * 'Bon heretique' --Richard Cooper * Un essai d'hymnaire catholique --Jean Céard * Pandora at the crossroads --Ann Moss * Jeux de refus et d'opposition, jeux de ténèbres et de lumière dans 'L'Olive' --George Hugo Tucker * Poitiers to Paris --Adrian Armstrong * Bibliography * Index nominum * Index rerum * Tabula gratulatoria