Anti-Italianism in Sixteenth-Century France.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Nationalism and Xenophobia in Early Modern Context -- 2 Italians and the French Reformation: Lyons, 1562 -- 3 The Italians at Lyons: Usury and Heresy -- 4 The Italians and the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre -- 5 Background to a Massacre: The Italian Courtiers and Bankers -- 6 Anti-Italian Discourses -- 7 The Estates of Blois -- 8 The Court Italians and the Gathering Storm -- 9 The Flight of the Italians -- 10 The Last of the Italians -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

In an examination of the Italian presence in France under the Valois and Bourbon monarchs, Heller links the cultural, moral, and political aspects of anti-Italianism with the rise of economic nationalism among the emergent French middle class.

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