About “Argenis”
Argenis is a book by Scottish writer John Barclay, a work of historical allegory telling the story of the religious conflict in France under Henry III and Henry IV, while also touching on contemporary English events such as the Overbury scandal. Published in 1621, it takes a royalist, anti-aristocratic tendency, told from the angle of a king who reduces landed aristocrats' power in the interest of the "country." (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- Published
- 1621