Godefroy and de Clary. Our author has demonstrated both his flawless Catholic orthodoxy and his caution when dealing with the party. king’s Rozée knew the dangers of both supposition and exaggeration: point les ‘ie n’escris circonstances de cette execution [the punishment of Brisson’s assassins], ...pourceque… ceux qui, a la relation en ont escrit selon leur passion, ont dit sur ce suiet comme d’autruy, sur beaucoup plus a Elsewhere he accused earlier writers of d’autres qu’il n’en esté.’ de Allegations in an unnamed that in the winter discours displaying ‘trop vicieuse passion’. of 1587-88 in the de Montbéliard troops under the command of the duc de Guise had comté committed les cruautez sans religion se peut had to be ‘toutes qu’un esprit imaginer’ refuted; not only were the claims they had been maliciously characterised in ‘contre vérité’, the as inhumanitez et fureurs brutales de la Outraged, Rozée rounded discours ‘les ligue’. on the ces gens là, les heretiques sont impecables, et ils ne veulent pas authors: ‘à reconnoistre a point de cruautez au monde qui esgallent celles des heretiques, car qu’il n’y et la cruauté engendrées en de au monde en un l’heresie l’abisme l’enfer furent produites mesme to reinforce the point, the historian later named a pamphlet Ligue moment’. Seeking that charged the Protestants with committing terrible cruelties at Niort in December 1588. Rozée acknowledged that Protestant historians had denied the charges but not before – provocatively observing that a description of the atrocities au lecteur et ‘seroit horreur scandale à la douceur naturelle des Of course, in suppressing the title of the françois’. source and advertising that of the one attacking the Huguenots, Rozée manifested his own partiality. It is to this issue that we now turn.
Godefroy and de Clary. Our author has demonstrated both his flawless Catholic orthodoxy and his caution when dealing with the king’s party. Rozée knew the dangers of both supposition and exaggeration: ‘ie n’escris point les circonstances de cette execution [the punishment of Brisson’s assassins], ...pourceque… ceux qui, a la relation d’autruy, en ont escrit selon leur passion, ont dit sur ce suiet comme sur beaucoup d’autres plus qu’il n’en a esté.’ Elsewhere he accused earlier writers of displaying ‘trop de vicieuse passion’. Allegations in an unnamed discours that in the winter of 1587-88 in the comté de Montbéliard troops under the command of the duc de Guise had committed ‘toutes les cruautez qu’un esprit sans religion se peut imaginer’ had to be refuted; not only were the claims ‘contre vérité’, they had been maliciously characterised in the discours as ‘les inhumanitez et fureurs brutales de la ligue’. Outraged, Rozée rounded on the authors: ‘à ces gens là, les heretiques sont impecables, et ils ne veulent pas reconnoistre qu’il n’y a point de cruautez au monde qui esgallent celles des heretiques, car l’heresie et la cruauté engendrées en l’abisme de l’enfer furent produites au monde en un mesme moment’. Seeking to reinforce the point, the historian later named a Ligue pamphlet that charged the Protestants with committing terrible cruelties at Niort in December 1588. Rozée acknowledged that Protestant historians had denied the charges – but not before provocatively observing that a description of the atrocities ‘seroit horreur au lecteur et scandale à la douceur naturelle des françois’. Of course, in suppressing the title of the source and advertising that of the one attacking the Huguenots, Rozée manifested his own partiality. It is to this issue that we now turn.