R. J. Knecht, Knecht R. J.

Renaissance Warrior and Patron

The Reign of Francis I

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a full and comprehensive account of one of the most colourful and formative reigns in French history, that of Francis I (1515-47), and is published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of his birth in September 1494.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1218g
• ISBN-13: 9780521578851
• ISBN-10: 052157885X
• Artikelnr.: 21888307

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates; List of figures; Preface to new edition; List of abbreviations; 1. Childhood and youth; 2. France in 1515; 3. King of France; 4. Marignano and after; 5. 'The most Christian king'; 6. The king and his court; 7. Humanism and heresy; 8. Valois versus Habsburg; 9. The sinews of war; 10. Treason; 11. Defeat and captivity; 12. The king's return (1526
28); 13. The 'peace of the ladies' (1529); 14. Protestants and Turks; 15. The threat of heresy; 16. Montmorency's triumph (1535
36); 17. Domestic issues; 18. Poverty and wealth; 19. France overseas; 20. Fruitless entente (1538
42); 21. Madrid and Fontainebleau; 22. Patron of the arts; 23. 'Father of letters'; 24. The return to war (1542
44); 25. Gathering clouds (1544
47); 26. An absolute monarch?; 27. 'Le roy est mort! Vive le roy!'; Epilogue; Note on coinage; Manuscript sources; Select bibliography; Index.