Luc Racaut PhD Thesis - University of St Andrews

Acknowledgements:
I would like to thank, irrespective of order or preference: Prof. Mark Greengrass,
University of Sheffield, for providing the initial impetus for this project and for
advising me at key stages of the writing process; Prof Andrew Pettegree for being
the best supervisor one could wish for; the scholars and postgraduates who met under
the auspices of the European Reformation Research Group in Warwick in August
1995 who provided me with a gentle introduction to the art of delivering papers at
conferences; Dr William Naphy, University of Aberdeen, and Dr Andrew Spicer,
Stonyhurst College, for their friendship and moral support in difficult times; Dr Peter
Maxwell-Stuart for countless meetings over coffee and cake, and for proofing this
thesis at very short notice; Dr Paul Nelles for allowing me to use his printer at the
last minute to produce this thesis; Dr Findel and Dr Gillian Bepler at the Herzog
August Bibliothek (Wolfenbtittel) for allowing me to work in this wonderful library
in the summer of 1998 and in January 1999; the scholars and postgraduates, too
numerous to be all named here, whom I had the privilege to meet for coffee in the
Anna Worverk Haus of the Herzog August Bibliothek, for encouraging me and
providing me with inspiration and advice; the Society for the Study of French
History for giving me a bursary to attend the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference
in Toronto in October 1998; The School of History for providing me with a
Scholarship to pursue research at St Andrews; Dr Tom Freeman, Institute of
Historical Research, for advice on Foxe's Acts and Monuments; Dr Irena Backus,
Institut pour l'Histoire de la Reformation de Geneve, for advice on Genevan
Apocalypticism; Prof. Francis Higman, Institut pour l'Histoire de la Reformation de
Geneve, for providing me with a bursary to pursue research in Geneva in the summer
of 1996; Johnathan Reid, Eric Nelson, Timothy Watson, Phil Conner, and Stuart
Foster for sharing insights and enthusiasm for this field; Mme Beauvais,
Bibliotheque de la Societe pour l'Histoire du Protestantisme Francais, for introducing
me to the rich collection of this library where I spent many productive hours in the
summer of 1997; Mme Guilleminot-Chrestien, Bibliotheque Nationale, for giving me
a copy of her Ecole des Chartes thesis on the French imprints of 1561; Gerald Chaix,
Centre d'Etudes Superieures de la Renaissance de Tours, and Bernard Roussel, Ecole
Superieure des Hautes Etudes, for showing interest in my work; Norma Porter and
Lorna Harris, at the School of History, for their patience; Fiona Campbell for her
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