Francis I

Klappentext The name of Francis I and his emblem! the salamander! are familiar to the many thousands of tourists who visit the chateaux of the Loire each year. But what sort of monarch was he? Whereas in his own day he was acclaimed as 'the great king Francis'! in more recent times he has generally been taken less seriously than his exact contemporaries Henry VIII of England and the Emperor Charles V. Yet his reign was no less important than theirs. It witnessed and promoted fundamental changes in France's political structure! economy! society! religion and cultural life. The king's obsession with war stimulated constitutional change. By entailing an expenditure far in excess of the crown's traditional resources! it obliged him to tap new sources of wealth! to reorganize the fiscal system and to promote administrative centralization. Economically! Francis's reign saw the completion of the recovery that had followed the Hundred Years' War. While the land was reclaimed! the population grew! town life flourished and trade expanded. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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....

Product details

• Authors: R. J. Knecht
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.1984
• EAN: 9780521278874
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27887-4
• No. of pages: 516
• Series: Cambridge Paperback Library; Cambridge Paperback Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous