Henry IV: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
After the bibliographies on Napoleon I, the Revolution, and Louis XIV, the one concerning Henry IV is the most abundant of any in French history, to the point that it fills an entire volume of the classic work of Henri Hauser, Les Sources de lâhistoire de France au XVIe siĂšcle, vol. 4 (1915). Pierre de VaissiĂšre, Henri IV (1928), is a study that remains today the best informed in its entirety; this study may be supplemented by the more recent work of Duke Antoine de LĂ©vis-Mirepoix, Henri IV, roi de France et de Navarre (1971), a brilliant and lively evocation of the personality and of the great events of his life and reign; and by that of Roland Mousnier, LâAssassinat dâHenri IV, 14 mai 1610 (1964). The writings of Henry himself are instructive in the Recueil des lettres missives de Henri IV, 9 vol. (1843â76), by M. Berger de Xivrey (finished by J. Guadet); and the numerous documents of the same nature that have followed and continued since the last quarter of the 19th century. Little has been published on Henry IV in English; however, Hesketh Pearson, Henry of Navarre: The King Who Dared (also published as Henry of Navarre: His Life, 1963), is of interest; as is Desmond Seward, The First Bourbon: Henri IV, King of France and Navarre (1971).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Heritage History - King Henry of Navarre. | Jul 04, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 10, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - King Henry of Navarre. | Dec 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Toronto - Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies - HENRI IV (Henry Le Grand), King of France and Navarre. | Jun 21, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Oklahoma - Henry IV: Faithïżœs Power in Politics. | Feb 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Henry IV. | Oct 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Globalsecurity.org - Henry IV. | Aug 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - Papa and his Brood: Henry IV of France. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Henry IV of France & the Edict of Nantes. | Sep 01, 2022 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Added new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Henry IV. | Feb 04, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 24, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 05, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |