| Anti-Italianism in Sixteenth-Century France Subjects: Italians -- France -- History -- 16th century; Xenophobia -- France -- History -- 16th century; Nationalism -- France -- History -- 16th century; In an examination of the Italian presence in France under the Valois and Bourbon monarchs, Heller links the cultural, moral, and political aspects of anti-Italianism with the rise of economic nationalism among the emergent French middle class. Heller Henry : Henry Heller is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Manitoba. |