A History of France, 1460-1560 - The Emergence of a Nation State

A survey of French history from the reign of Louis XI to the outbreak of the Wars of Religion that isolates some of the controversial theories of the period: state building, nobility and clientage and the Reformation and discusses them with full attention to the regional diversity of France. It also introduces the reader to recent research on the court and government set in the context of the basic social and economic movements of the period. It is argued that the basic identity of France as a nation was reinforced under the aegis of monarchical legitimacy backed by the nobility and the church, setting the pattern for the rest of the Ancien Regime.>

Sommario

CONTENTS: Preface
List of Maps
Introduction:French Society and its Identity
The Monarchy:Ideology, Presentation and Ritual
The Court of France from Louis XI to Henri II
The King, his Council and the Secretariat
The Crown, Administration and the Provinces
The Taxation System and its Burdens
The French Nobility in the Renaissance
The French Church in the Age of Reform
French Foreign Policy, 1460-1560
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Notes
Appendices
Genalogical Tables
Bibliography.

Info autore

David Potter

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Potter
• Editore: Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.02.1995
• EAN: 9780333541241
• ISBN: 978-0-333-54124-1
• Pagine: 456
• Serie: New Studies in Mediaeval History; New Studies in Medieval History; New Studies in Medieval Histor; New Studies in Medieval History
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni