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France was engulfed in a series of vicious civil wars between Catholics and Protestants from 1562 to 1598. Perhaps as much as one third of the population perished as a result of war, famine and disease. 

Print was deployed by both sides as a weapon of war, and to sustain the morale and enthusiasm of their troops and supporters.

This is the title-page of a pamphlet produced in the city of Poitiers in west-central France in 1567 by the faction urging loyalty to the King.

The cheap and hasty nature of the printing in a small regional city during a period of warfare explains why no other copy of this edition survives.

Citation:
Advertissement A Tous Bons et Loyaux subiectz du Roy (Poitiers, 1567),
Marsh's Library Exhibits,
accessed December 6, 2025,
https://www.marshlibrary.ie/digi/items/show/457