Songs played a significant role in the French Wars of Religion by spreading political and religious ideas, and by involving Protestants and Catholics in the conflict. Performed in the streets, churches, workshops and houses, songs participated in the construction of urban soundscapes during the troubles. This article examines six songs composed after the execution of the duc and the cardinal de Guise on the order of Henri III (23 and 24 December, 1588) and printed in Paris by Nicolas Bonfons. This event sparked the armed revolt of the Catholic League against the king and his heir, the Protestant Henri de Navarre. The article analyses the rhetorical features of the songs and compares their arguments with those of contemporary visual images and printed libels. In particular, it shows how songs served as a link between print and oral culture. Songs allowed Leaguers — whatever their age, sex, or status — not only to assimilate the main points of the justification of the revolt and to incorporate representations of a just monarchy, but also to appropriate them intimately by singing.

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建构政治犯罪：关于公爵和吉塞主教被暗杀的歌曲

歌曲通过传播政治和宗教思想并使新教徒和天主教徒卷入冲突，在法国宗教战争中发挥了重要作用。在灾难期间，在街道，教堂，车间和房屋中表演的歌曲参与了城市声景的建设。本文考察了由公爵和枢机主教德·吉塞执行亨利三世（1588年12月23日至24日）并由尼古拉斯·邦方斯在巴黎发行的六首歌曲。这一事件引发了天主教联盟对国王及其继承人新教徒亨利·德·纳瓦拉的武装起义。文章分析了歌曲的修辞特征，并将其论据与当代视觉图像和印刷诽谤作了比较。特别是，它显示了歌曲如何充当印刷文化与口述文化之间的联系。