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Summary:The name of Francis I might not be as well-known as that of his contemporaries, Henry VIII and Emperor Charles V, yet he was no less important for that. R. J. Knecht investigates the reign of Francis I and discovers that he witnessed and promoted fundamental changes in the political structure, economy, society, religion and cultural life of France.

Print Book, English, 1982

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1982

Genre:Biographies

Physical Description:480 sider

ISBN:

9780521243445, 0521243440

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:465753318

Contents:

List of plates; List of figures; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Childhood and youth; 2. King of France; 3. Marignano (1515); 4. The Concordat of Bologna; 5. The uneasy peace (1516–1520); 6. The king and his court; 7. The loss of Milan (1520–1522); 8. Penury and reform; 9. Humanism and heresy; 10. Treason; 11. Pavia (1523–1525); 12. The regency of Louise of Savoy (1525–1526); 13. The king's return (1526–1528); 14. From Cognac to Cambrai (1526–1529); 15. The hollow peace (1530–1534); 16. Domestic problems (1530–1534); 17. Patron of the arts and 'father of letters'; 18. Triumph and stalemate (1535–1537); 19. Fruitless entente (1538–1542); 20. The kingdom's wealth; 21. France overseas; 22. The crown and the provinces; 23. The last war (1542–1546); 24. Reform and resistance; 25. The growth of persecution; 26. The triumph of faction; Epilogue; Note on coinage; Manuscript sources; Select bibliography; Index.