War, Domination, and the Monarchy of France - Claude de Seyssel and the Language of Politics in the Renaissance

Claude de Seyssel's important political treatise, "The Monarchy of France" (1515) illuminates the link between warfare, the state, and the social order in the Renaissance. In his effort to describe a state capable of conquest and expansion, Seyssel envisioned a new social and political order with radical implications for the French monarchy.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Boone
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2007
• EAN: 9789004162143
• ISBN: 978-90-04-16214-3
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 243 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 526 g
• Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectua
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous