David Potter is a retired teacher of Classical Languages. He was born in Forfar, but lives in Kirkcaldy with his wife Rosemary and his dog. He is a graduate of the University of St Andrews. He has three grown up children and five grandchildren. He has written many books on Scottish football and cricket, and a few on politics. His interests are football, cricket, drama and the poetry of Robert Burns.
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Notes on transcriptions of documents, units of money and measures
Introduction
1. Return to allegiance: Picardy and the Franco-Burgundian Wars, 1470-93
2. The provincial governors and politics
3. The governors' staff and household
4. The Picard nobility and royal service
5. Military organisation in Picardy during the Habsburg-Valois wars
6. 'Les fruictz que la guerre rapporte': the effects of war on the Picard countryside, 1521-60
7. War, taxation and the towns
8. Peace negotiations and the formation of the frontier in Picardy, 1521-60
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.
