modest people in the movement. Roland Hacte lived round the corner from Rozée and held meetings in his home in 1587 prior to Was it at such Ligueur the journée de Saint-Séverin. a meeting that Rozée committed himself to the cause? Nicolas Taconnet (wine-merchant) and Jehan Messier (draper) both attended a general assembly at the Hôtel de Ville (14 June, 1591). Rozée was there too. Did they meet? We can know so little of this but for our – historian these were outstanding men: Taconnet refused overtures from the Politiques, while Messier helped Joseph Bourdereul track down artillery with which Paris might be defended. And the Jacques Bazin made do with horse-flesh while his Politique commissaire neighbour indulged in beef. We come last to Robert Legoix, assez été sa mort Legoix ‘Seize discret, n’eût tragique’. died because the conspiracy of the was launched prematurely. journée du pain ou la paix The captain found himself isolated and surrounded by armed enemies who accused Ligueur him of disturbing the peace; respondit que le Roy estant heretique il ne falloit point de ‘il paix avec luy; mais endurer toutes les misères plairoit a dieu de leur The qu’il envoyer’. words could have been spoken by our historian. They represent exactly what the Ligue meant to him. We do not know why Rozée made no mention of seven in every nine of the It may Seize. have been memory-loss, or fear of consequences for the descendants of those whose company he had joined. It is possible that he himself joined late and remained on the fringe, a likelihood suggested by the weak correlation between what we know of Rozée and the criteria established by Descimon in 1983 for identification of the portrayal Seize. Rozée’s of the is flawed because it rests on an inadequate sample. But as the representation of Seize a pure, simple and integrated strand of thought it is invaluable. Ligueur
modest people in the movement. Roland Hacte lived round the corner from Rozée and held Ligueur meetings in his home in 1587 prior to the journée de Saint-Séverin. Was it at such a meeting that Rozée committed himself to the cause? Nicolas Taconnet (wine-merchant) and Jehan Messier (draper) both attended a general assembly at the Hôtel de Ville (14 June, 1591). Rozée was there too. Did they meet? We can know so little of this – but for our historian these were outstanding men: Taconnet refused overtures from the Politiques, while Messier helped Joseph Bourdereul track down artillery with which Paris might be defended. And the commissaire Jacques Bazin made do with horse-flesh while his Politique neighbour indulged in beef. We come last to Robert Legoix, ‘Seize assez discret, n’eût été sa mort tragique’. Legoix died because the conspiracy of the journée du pain ou la paix was launched prematurely. The Ligueur captain found himself isolated and surrounded by armed enemies who accused him of disturbing the peace; ‘il respondit que le Roy estant heretique il ne falloit point de paix avec luy; mais endurer toutes les misères qu’il plairoit a dieu de leur envoyer’. The words could have been spoken by our historian. They represent exactly what the Ligue meant to him. We do not know why Rozée made no mention of seven in every nine of the Seize. It may have been memory-loss, or fear of consequences for the descendants of those whose company he had joined. It is possible that he himself joined late and remained on the fringe, a likelihood suggested by the weak correlation between what we know of Rozée and the criteria established by Descimon in 1983 for identification of the Seize. Rozée’s portrayal of the Seize is flawed because it rests on an inadequate sample. But as the representation of a pure, simple and integrated strand of Ligueur thought it is invaluable.