“¡Algo de español en las entrañas!”. La influencia de España entre los católicos del suroeste de Francia durante las Guerras de Religión

Abstract

French Religious Wars and the League period ended after the appearance of the Edict of Nantes, the Vervins Peace and the death of Philip II and the installation of the Bourbon in the throne of France. The returns of the peace supposed then the putting in practice of a true one “tohave to forget”, that it still undergoes the French historiography when measuring the Spanish influence in its Early Modern Age. Thanks to conserved the diplomatic archives and of espionage in the Archivo de Simancas it is possible to restore the facts, the positions and the hopes of the contemporaries. This is the case of many catholics of the southwest of France who being contributed to the materialization of “High strategy” designed by Philip II hoped one helps, often in vain. In spite of its, his hispanism will be present and influence the behaviour of the devotee circles during 17th century.