Nationalism and xenophobia in early modern context -- Italians and the French Reformation: Lyons -- The Italians at Lyons: usury and heresy -- The Italians and the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre -- Background to a massacre: the Italian courtiers and bankers -- Anti-Italian discourses -- The estates of Blois -- The court Italians and the gathering storm -- The flight of the Italians -- The last of the Italians
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-294) and index
