Renaissance warrior and patron : the reign of Francis I
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Renaissance warrior and patron : the reign of Francis I
Cambridge University Press, 1994
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"... a completely revised version of Knecht's ... Francis I"--leaf preceding half t.p
Bibliography: p. 562-585
Includes index
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Description
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). First published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Francis's birth in 1994, this book is a completely revised version of Knecht's earlier study of the king, Francis I, which was for many years the standard work on the subject. That edition has been superseded by this substantially larger work, in which much new written and illustrative material is included. No other English work on the subject is as up-to-date or as authoritative.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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