Truthful royal victory reports lost to Guise’s propaganda in Paris

Evidence

In vain Henry III sent the Parisians a veracious account of his conduct of the campaign in which the great foreign army had been turned back at a minimum cost in money and blood. In vain he ordered Te Deums for his triumph. The Parisians gave all the credit to the Duke of Guise. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 389

Categorization

• SEED: Historical case study for an essay on how verifiable accounts lose to emotionally potent narratives—the King’s true report versus Guise’s spectacle.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 389
• XREF: connects to: Parisian preachers turned public opinion against Henry III and toward Guise — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 378; F.L.N. propaganda won by telling more truth than the French did

Library Connections

• Parisian preachers turned public opinion against Henry III and toward Guise #expands (0.85) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 378