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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

List <strong>of</strong> Figures vi<br />

Abstract xiii<br />

1. INTRODUCTION 1<br />

2. THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT: FACTORS PROMPTING<br />

ROYAL PATRONAGE OF CHURCHES 16<br />

Wars <strong>of</strong> Religion 17<br />

The Reign <strong>of</strong> Henri IV 22<br />

Catholic Reformation in France 27<br />

Reigns <strong>of</strong> Maria de’ Medici <strong>and</strong> Louis XIII 31<br />

3. LOUIS XIII AND THE CHURCH OF THE FRENCH ORATORY:<br />

AN EXPRESION OF SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY 49<br />

The Congrégation des Pères de l’Oratoire de France <strong>and</strong> Its Church 50<br />

The Church as a Symbol <strong>of</strong> Louis XIII 55<br />

Factors Influencing Louis XIII’s Decision 64<br />

Conclusion 71<br />

4. SAINT-LOUIS-DES-JÉSUITES: LOUIS XIII’S MOVE<br />

TOWARDS ABSOLUTISM 85<br />

The Church 86<br />

The Foundation Stone 88<br />

Louis XIII <strong>and</strong> the Need for an Authoritative Image 96<br />

Interior Decorative Program <strong>of</strong> Saint-Louis-des-Jésuites 101<br />

Richelieu’s Façade 106<br />

5. MARIA DE’ MEDICI AND PARISIAN CHURCHES:<br />

THE USE AND DISUSE OF ROYAL SIGNS 123<br />

The Regent Queen’s Support <strong>of</strong> Churches, from 1610 to 1617 125<br />

The Minims <strong>of</strong> the Place Royale 125<br />

Discalced Carmelites <strong>of</strong> the rue de Vaugirard 128<br />

Récollets 132<br />

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