| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 107.1

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Canada and the United States

John T. McGrath. The French in Early Florida: In the Eye of the Hurricane. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 2000. Pp. 239. $49.95.

This book by John T. McGrath is an excellent addition to Spanish Borderland literature. McGrath had done a splendid job presenting the basics of a story essentially known. Yet the author has revisited the documentary sources, compared them as to the likelihood of accuracy in critical areas, and constructed a credible account as to what occurred in the period 1562–1565. He has placed the events squarely in the context of the religious wars that ravaged France in particular but that spilled over to affect other areas such as the Netherlands. 1

France experienced a good deal of political instability in the sixteenth century. The presence of a sizable number of Huguenots under the leadership of Gaspard de Coligny and strongly influenced by John Calvin in Switzerland certainly complicated matters, and, not surprisingly, this Protestant element tended to locate especially in Norman cities such as Dieppe, Le Havre, and La Rochelle. Their influence in the maritime community was especially strong. At the same time, there was considerable tension in the ruling circles of France. Factions headed by notables such as the Prince of Condé, Constable Montgomery, and the Duke of Guise caused Catherine de Medici considerable anxiety. There was also the real threat presented by Philip II of Spain. . . .

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