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Cover -- A Widow's Vengeance after the Wars of Religion: Gender and Justice in Renaissance France -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures and Maps -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Who's Who -- Epigraph -- Introduction -- Unforgettable Crimes -- The Laws of War -- 1: Inheritances -- Guardianship -- First Marriage -- 2: Rape at Chaumot -- Assault on Chaumot -- Sexual Violence in Civil War -- 3: The Great Licence of Soldiers -- Pillage at Chaumot -- 'If there is fault then there should be punishment' -- Ending the Civil Wars in the Sénonais -- 4: The Persistent Widow -- Widows and Criminal Justice -- Return to Paris -- Second Marriage -- 5: Waging Law -- Becoming a Plaintiff -- The Confrontation of Witnesses -- 6: Testifying to the Troubles -- 'As If They Had Never Been' -- 'The Duties of War' -- 7: Execrable Crimes -- A New Norm in the Laws of War -- 'The Necessity of Law and Orders of War' -- Final Interrogation -- 8: Legacies -- Return to Chaumot -- Third Marriage -- Fourth and Fifth Marriages -- Succession -- Conclusion -- The Laws of War in Theory and Practice -- Bibliography -- Archival and Manuscript Sources -- Printed Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Websites -- Index.

A Widow's Vengeance after the Wars of Religion is a dramatic account of the impact of the Wars of Religion on daily life. Based on neglected archival sources and an exceptional criminal trial, it recovers the experiences of women, peasants, and foot soldiers, who are marginalized in most historical accounts.