appendix Consulted Chronicles Legend: **** has an exceptionally international outlook *** contains frequent mentions of international (French/Netherlandish) news ** contains some remarks on situation in neighbouring country * contains no remarks on foreign situation at all/ concerned only with local or national events NB: I use the term ‘chronicle’ interchangeably with ‘diary’. For more information on the use of these terms, see my Introduction. 1 France 1.1 Angers 1. Jehan Louvet (?–after 1634) ** Jehan Louvet, ‘Récit véritable de tout ce qui est advenu digne de mémoire tant en la ville d’Angers, pays d’Anjou et autres lieux (depuis l’an 1560 jusqu’à l’an 1634)’, Revue de l’Anjou et de Maine et Loire (1854–1856) vol. 1, pp. 257–304; vol. 2, pp. 1–64; vol. 3, pp. 129–192. Chronicle written by a clerk in the civil registry of Angers, who was an enthusiastic ligueur. His interests varied from local marriages to disasters and battles abroad. He sporadically refers to the troubles in the Netherlands. Although Louvet probably wrote his account after 1589, he must have had access to notes from earlier years (written by himself or by others), since he also described events from the 1560s in detail. 1.2 Annonay 2. Achille Gamon (1530–1597) * Achille Gamon, Mémoires de Achille Gamon, avocat d’Annonay en Vivarais (1552– 1586), ed. J. Brun-Durand (Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, 1971). The memoirs of Achille Gamon, advocat and alderman in Annonay, focus on local events, which are sparsely interlarded with news from Lyon, Avignon, and Paris. © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2021 | doi:10.1163/9789004423336_010 Rosanne M. Baars - 9789004423336 Downloaded from Brill.com09/28/2021 11:10:27AM via free access 212 appendix 1.3 Bar-sur-Seine 3. Jacques Carorguy (c. 1555/1560–after 1595) ** Jacques Carorguy, Mémoires de Jacques Carorguy: greffier de Bar-sur Seine, 1582–95, ed. Edmond M. Bruwaert (Paris: A. Picard, 1880). This clerk of the bailiff of Bar-sur-Seine, a moderate Catholic, recorded the rumours he heard in his hometown. The chronicle mentions some news on Flanders, most of it in connection with Farnese. 1.4 Bordeaux 4. Jean de Gaufreteau * Jean de Gaufreteau, Chronique Bordeloise. Tome premier, 1240 à 1599, ed. Jules Délpit (Bordeaux: Lefebvre, 1877). Chronicle, written by a judge in Bordeaux, focuses almost exclusively on his home- town. It mentions the Netherlands only once, after the death of Anjou in 1584, com- plaining that the latter’s trip to the Netherlands had ruined his health. 1.5 Castres 5. Jean Faurin (1530–1605) ** Jean Faurin, Journal sur les guerres de Castres, ed. M. de la Pijardière (Montpellier: Firmin & Cabénne, 1878). Huguenot account of the events in Castres and its surroundings between 1559 and 1602. Faurin, a committed Calvinist, also noted important events for international Protestantism, such as the murder of William of Orange, and the defeat of the Armada. 6. Jacques Gaches (1553–1646?) * Jacques Gaches, Mémoires sur les guerres de religion à Castres et dans le Languedoc (1555–1610), ed. Charles Pradel (Paris: Sandoz et Fischbacher, 1879). Memoirs of the wars of religion in the surroundings of Castres, without any refer- ences to the situation in the Low Countries. 1.6 Chartres 7. Sébastien le Pelletier (before 1579–after 1592) ** Sébastien Le Pelletier, Histoire de Sébastien Le Pelletier. Prêtre ligueur et maître de grammaire des enfants de choeur de la cathédrale de Chartres pendant les guerres de la Ligue (1579–1592), ed. Xavier Le Person (Geneva: Droz, 2006). Catholic priest, admirer of the Tridentine author Claude de Sainctes, and ligueur was teacher of grammar to the choristers of the Chartres cathedral from 1583 to ca. 1593. He made daily records of the events in Chartres from 1589 onwards. His chron- icle reflects Pelletier’s worries about the fate of the Catholics in France. He added a description of the years 1579–1588 at a later stage. He incidentally mentions pam- phlets, but only sporadically recorded international news. Rosanne M. Baars - 9789004423336 Downloaded from Brill.com09/28/2021 11:10:27AM via free access Consulted Chronicles 213 1.7 Laon 8. Antoine Richart (after 1525–1603) ** Antoine Richart, Mémoires sur la Ligue dans le Laonnois (Laon: Société académique de Laon, 1869). Richart was a financial officer in Laon. A committed royalist, he expressed an aver- sion to the Ligue. His writings constitute an exceptional source for the troubles of the Ligue in Laon and its surroundings. He rewrote his chronicle after Henry IV had retaken Laon in 1595–1596. He mentions very few foreign events, but makes some com- parisons between the troubles in the Netherlands and France. 1.8 Millau 9. Calvinist from Millau (?–after 1582) ** Mémoires d’un calviniste de Millau, ed. J.L. Rigal (Rodez: Imprimerie Carrère, 1911). This anonymous Calvinist chronicler in Millau in the Midi-Pyrenées was probably an artisan. He recorded tidings he heard in his hometown and takes a strong Calvinist point of view. He was well informed about the wars in the Netherlands and sporadi- cally comments on them. 1.9 Montferrand (Clermont-Ferrand) 10. Jehan de Vernyes, (?–after 1593) * Jehan de Vernyes, Mémoires de Jehan de Vernyes, 1589–1593, ed. Benoît Gonod (Clermont-Ferrand: Thibaud-Landriot, 1838). This memoir, written by the president of the Court of Aids in Montferrand, who was also councillor of Henry IV, consists of a history of the troubles in the Haute-Auvergne during the early 1590s. It mostly covers the wars between (local) noblemen. De Vernyes does not write about foreign events. 1.10 Montpellier 11. Jean Philippi (1518–1603) * Jean Philippi, Mémoires de Jean Philippi touchant les choses advenues pour la faict de la religion à Montpellier et dans le Bas-Languedoc (1560–1600), ed. Léon Gaudin (Montpellier: J. Martel, 1880). This chronicle, written by the president of the ‘Cour des Aides’ in Montpellier focuses on local events during the Wars of Religion. 1.11 Paris 12. Pierre de L’Estoile (1546–1611) **** Pierre de L’Estoile, Journal de l’Estoile pour le règne de Henri IV. I: 1589–1600, ed. Louis Raymond Lefèvre (Paris: Gallimard, 1948). Pierre de L’Estoile, Registre-journal du règne de Henri III, ed. Madeleine Lazard and Gilbert Schrenck (6 vols., Geneva: Droz, 1992–2003) Rosanne M. Baars - 9789004423336 Downloaded from Brill.com09/28/2021 11:10:27AM via free access 214 appendix Pierre de L’Estoile, Registre-journal du règne de Henri IV. Volume 1 (1589–1591), ed. Gilbert Schrenck, Xavier Le Person and Volker Mecking (Geneva: Droz, 2011). Pierre de L’Estoile, Registre-journal du règne de Henri IV. Volume 2 (1592–1594), ed. Xavier le Person (Geneva: Droz, 2014). The Parisian diarist and collector Pierre de L’Estoile is one of the most important sources for life in France during the Wars of Religion. Like many sixteenth-century chroniclers, he studied law and became a notary. He worked as an audiencier for the Chancellerie de France for most of his life. He kept an extensive diary between 1574 and 1611, in which he inserted many pamphlets and contemporary poetry. A moder- ate Catholic, he was arrested by the radical Catholic Seize regime in 1589. L’Estoile showed a keen interest in European affairs and regularly wrote about the troubles in the Netherlands. 13. Pierre Fayet ** Pierre Fayet, Journal historique de Pierre Fayet sur les troubles de la ligue, ed. Victor Luzarche (Tours: Ladevèze, 1852). Chronicler Pierre Fayet was clerk of the Prévoté des Étampes in Paris and had a par- ticular interest in astrology and famous men of his times. He eagerly followed news about Alexander Farnese and his son and recorded many details about the outfit and general appearance of noblemen. The text mentions foreign news when it concerned royals: Don Juan, Elizabeth of England, Philip II. 14. Jehan de la Fosse (c. 1525–1590) *** Jehan de la Fosse, Les « Mémoires » d’un curé de Paris au temps des guerres de religion (1557–1590), ed. Marc Venard (Geneva: Droz, 2004). Jehan de la Fosse, son of an Amiens lawyer, went to Paris to become curate of the parish of Saint-Barthélémy on the Île-de-la-cité. He kept daily notes of events. Most of his information he got from hearsay, although he mentions some edicts he has read. He supported the Guises, but occasionally expressed his admiration for Henry of Navarre. He often mentions news from the Netherlands that reached Paris. 15. François Grin (c. 1535–after 1570) * François Grin, ‘Journal de François Grin, religieux de Saint-Victor (1554–1570)’, ed. Baron Alphonse de Rublé, Mémoires de la Société de l’histoire de Paris et de l’Ile-de- France, 21 (1894), pp. 1–51. This chronicle was written by a canon of the Paris abbey of St Victor between 1554 and 1570. It is a rich source for Parisian processions and ceremonies, but does not include news from the Netherlands. Rosanne M. Baars - 9789004423336 Downloaded from Brill.com09/28/2021 11:10:27AM via free access Consulted Chronicles 215 16. Nicolas Brûlart (1528–1597) * Nicolas Brûlart, Journal d’un ligueur parisien des barricades à la levée du Siege de Paris par Henri IV (1588–1590), ed. Xavier le Person (Geneva: Droz, 1999). Nicolas Brûlart was a canon of Notre Dame and Master of Requests at the Parlement de Paris. He kept a daily account of the events in Paris from the Day of the Barricades in May 1588 to the ending of the siege of Paris by Henry IV in 1590. Xavier le Person has pointed out that Brûlart had a very good ear for ‘les bruits de la rue’ but he does not record any news from the Netherlands.