Renaissance warrior and patron : the reign of Francis I | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary: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).

Print Book, English, 1994

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994

Genre:Francia. Generalità e fino al 1589 Periodo storico 1483-1589: gli ultimi Valois - Il Rinascimento

Physical Description:XXIV, 612 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm

ISBN:

9780521417969, 0521417961

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:797596407

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.