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![Epistola Ioannis Monlucii, episcopi Valentini regis Gallorum legati ad Poloni[a]e Ordines de Illustrissimo Andium duce in Regnum Polonicum allegendo : ; Eiusdem Monlucii defensio pro illustrissimo Andium duce, adversus quorundam calumnias ; Alia adversus huius ipsius defensionis calumnias, Zachariae Furnesteri defensio pro iusto et innocente tot millium animarum sanquine in Gallia effuso](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.sourcelibrary.org%2Farchived%2F69b6575b18b87551bfce8cc7%2F8.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Epistola Ioannis Monlucii, episcopi Valentini regis Gallorum legati ad Poloni[a]e Ordines de Illustrissimo Andium duce in Regnum Polonicum allegendo : ; Eiusdem Monlucii defensio pro illustrissimo Andium duce, adversus quorundam calumnias ; Alia adversus huius ipsius defensionis calumnias, Zachariae Furnesteri defensio pro iusto et innocente tot millium animarum sanquine in Gallia effuso
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across scholarly catalogs (UNESCO Index Translationum), Open Library, and Google Books yielded no results for an English translation of this specific Latin work by Jean de Monluc. The text is a specialized diplomatic address concerning the 1573 Polish royal election, and while it is a significant historical document, it appears to remain untranslated into English.
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This text captures a brutal diplomatic collision between a slick French royal advocate and his furious protestant critics. Readers will encounter the raw propaganda war fought over the Polish throne and the horrific bloodletting of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.