The Counts of Laval

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The Counts of Laval is written by Malcolm Walsby and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0754658112 (ISBN 10) and 9780754658115 (ISBN 13).

The Lavals were one of the most important families in late medieval France, rising to a position of unsurpassed eminence by the mid sixteenth century when all was put at risk by the dual challenges of dynastic failure and the Reformation. This monograph offers a fresh look at several of the critical questions facing historians of late medieval and early modern France. It re-examines the patronage of a rising and enterprising family and provides a new insight into the nature of noble Protestantism. It also considers the events of wars of religion in western France from the perspective of a noble leadership that simultaneously played a vital role in sustaining the cause and undermining it.