Music, Discipline, and Arms in Early Modern France - Van Orden, Kate (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005)
Music in a time of war -- Juste proportion : music as the measure of all things -- Violence, dance, and ballet de cour -- The cross and the sword -- Pyrrhic dance and the art of war -- "Dresser l'homme" : The ballet à cheval.
The French Wars of Religion were a series of eight civil wars fought between French Catholics and Protestants (Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598, although the conflict continued with minor battles until 1629.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-307) and index.
Keywords: 16th Century (1501-1600); 17th Century (1601-1700); Music history; Ballet de cour; Battaglia; History of dance; French wars of religion (1562-1629); Nobility; Carrousel; France