The Swiss and Their Neighbours, 1460-1560. Between Accommodation and Aggression

144 The Swiss and Their Neighbours, 1460–1560 Bernese) had marched through the Franche-Comté ‘on unusual paths’ to reach their S ...

The Vagaries of Conquest 145 was reinforced by further envoys from King Francis himself, who was Charlotte’s nephew.651 This cle ...

146 The Swiss and Their Neighbours, 1460–1560 very same day another envoy, Jean d’Estouteville, seigneur de Villebon, appeared a ...

The Vagaries of Conquest 147 Franz Nägeli’s original mission was accomplished. The auxilliary troops from Neuchâtel, Valangin, a ...

Fribourg’s decision to remain Catholic—taken a year before Bern’s introduction of the Reformation—placed it in a tricky position ...

The Spoils of War 149 with Bern, eagerly agreed, but demurred at sending troops to Yverdon. It hoped to achieve the handover of ...

150 The Swiss and Their Neighbours, 1460–1560 in the Vaud to this day),685 above all Surpierre, which with its fortress Bailliva ...

The Spoils of War 151 Count Jean II to submit to Bern’s overlordship. In the course of a protracted and bitter dispute it is tru ...

152 The Swiss and Their Neighbours, 1460–1560 Bernese secretary Pierre Girod divulged the plan to a Gruyère official in the pres ...

The Spoils of War 153 division of the spoils. In the early autumn of 1536 (once Bern had dealt with the question of Geneva) the ...

154 The Swiss and Their Neighbours, 1460–1560 the following May mediators were still suggesting that Bern give up its jurisdicti ...

Those who have written on the Reformation in Geneva focus on a city which became a magnet for religious refugees from Catholic l ...

156 The Swiss and Their Neighbours, 1460–1560 Naturally, this palpable concession had strings attached. Geneva retained its inte ...

Faction in Geneva 157 chapter. These men, known as Articulants (or mockingly as Artichauts), were at a disadvantage because the ...

The ‘conquest of the Vaud’ is a misnomer. At best it is a convenient shorthand for the reconfiguration of political allegiance t ...

The Romandie Reconfigured 159 lordship, namely Bern, Solothurn, and Luzern, alongside Fribourg.753 This was an altogether risky ...

160 The Swiss and Their Neighbours, 1460–1560 As Martin Körner has observed, pensions and alliances played a far greater role in ...

The Romandie Reconfigured 161 all  revenues during his lifetime.772 By 1547 Count Michel was in dire straits. In desperation he ...

162 The Swiss and Their Neighbours, 1460–1560 the count refused to hand over Corbières on the grounds that it was a Savoy fief.7 ...

The Romandie Reconfigured 163 north-eastwards from La Tine (the linguistic frontier). The only fly in the ointment for Bern was ...