| Printed Poison |
| Acknowledgments |
| Abbreviations |
| Editorial Note |
| Chronology |
| Introduction |
 | One The Public Sphere in Early Seventeenth-Century France |
| Two Political Tactics and Rhetorical Strategies |
| Three The Production and Distribution of Pamphlets |
| Four Pamphlet Readers and the Public |
| Five Ethos and Audience |
| Six The Rhetoric of Absolutism |
| Conclusion Pamphleteering and the Development of Absolutism |
| Bibliography |
| Index |
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