THIERRY AMALOU Lecturer in Modern History, University of Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, FranceMEGAN ARMSTRONG Associate Professor of History, McMaster University, CanadaROBERT DESCIMON Directeur d'études, Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences SocialeS, Paris, FranceMICHEL DE WAELE Professor of History, Université Laval, Quebec, CanadaBARBARA DIEFENDORF Professor of History, Boston University, USA ALISON FORRESTAL Lecturer in Early Modern History, National University of Ireland, Galway, Republic of IrelandMARK GREENGRASS Professor of Early Modern History, University of Sheffield, UKERIC NELSON Assistant Professor of History, Missouri State University, USAALAIN TALLON Professor of Early Modern History, University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), FranceELIZABETH TINGLE Senior Lecturer in Early Modern European History, University of Plymouth, UKMICHAEL WOLFE Professor of History, St. John's University, New York, USA

• Introduction; A.Forrestal & E.Nelson PART I: CROWN, CHURCH AND ULTRAMONTANISM Henri IV and the Papacy after the League; A.Tallon Adjusting to Peace: The Observant Franciscans of Paris and the Reign of Henri IV; M.Armstrong PART II: CONTENTIOUS WORDS AND DEEDS: HISTORY AND CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORY Exegesis as Public Performance: Controversialist Debate and Politics at the Conference of Fontainebleau (1600); M.Wolfe Chastel's Attempted Regicide (27 December 1594), and its Subsequent Transformation into an 'Affair'; R.Descimon PART III: CLEMENCY AND  CONFLICT: THE BOURBON STYLE OF GOVERNMENT Royal Authority and the Pursuit of a Lasting Religious Settlement: Henri IV and the Emergence of Baroque Monarchy; E.Nelson Conflict Resolution under the First Bourbons; M.De Waele PART IV: CATHOLIC ACTIVISM TO THE RICHELIEU YEARS Henri IV, the Dévots and the Making of a French Catholic Reformation; B.Diefendorf Vincent de Paul: The Making of a Catholic Dévot; A.Forrestal PART V: THE POLITICS OF RELIGION IN THE PROVINCES The Origins of Counter Reform Piety in Nantes: The Catholic League and its Aftermath 1585–1617; E.Tingle Obedience to King in Fidelity to Traditions: Senlis during the Reigns of the First Bourbons (1598-1643); T.Amalou Epilogue; M.Greengrass