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Richard Field’s English reception of the Truce of Plessis-lez-Tours (1589)

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According to the Stationers' Register, it was on 26 May 1589 (old style)1 that Richard Field, one of London's most prominent stationers, entered two volumes dealing with French affairs.2 They were two collections of declarations made by the Kings of France and Navarre about a truce they had formalised a few weeks earlier. The two Henrys' wish to fight together meant that Elizabeth's position regarding French affairs simplified - she could now support the two kings' efforts to fight the Leaguers and oust the Spanish from France.8 For all these reasons, the truce was observed with keen attention in England. The only major difference in the French volume was the addition of a verse item, relating the meeting of the two kings. [...]as publisher Richard Field did not act simply as a courier, conveying news and ideas from one side of the Channel to the other - he may be considered as a co-author of the volumes he printed. [...]the two volumes may be seen as genuine creations, books that no French reader in France ever read.

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hal-03840817 , version 1 (06-11-2022)

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Marie-Céline Daniel. Richard Field’s English reception of the Truce of Plessis-lez-Tours (1589). Early Modern Literary Studies, In press. ⟨hal-03840817⟩
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