Promoting the Catholic Cause on the Italian Peninsula: Printed Avvisi on the Dutch Revolt and the French Wars of Religion, 1562–1600

Abstract

Henri of Navarre's attempt to seize Paris in 1590 was followed by interested consumers of news throughout early modern Europe; his exploits were published in various news pamphlets in the German lands, England and the Dutch Republic.1 His assault on Paris failed, because the Spanish-Habsburg army under the command of the governor-general of the Habsburg Netherlands, Alexander Farnese, came to relieve the city.This news was printed on the Italian peninsula in various cities, such as Rome, Milan, Turin and Bologna.2Andrew Pettegree noted this Italian interest in an article on the print connections between France and the Low Countries, but the Italian peninsula did not feature strongly in his final conclusion, which focussed on the rise of news communities in northern Europe.3In the German lands, in England, in France and in the Low Countries there existed an audience interested in reading and buying printed news on current foreign events.Pettegree also suggested that the production of news was closely aligned with the local political climate.The present chapter aims to develop and refine this argument by examining the 1

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