[PDF] The French Renaissance Monarchy As Seen Through The Estates General eBook

Author : R. J. Knecht
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 27,88 MB
Release : 2014-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1317888804

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First published in 1984, Professor Knecht's study quickly established itself as the best short account of the period. The reigns of Francis I and Henry II, spanning the first half of the sixteenth century, are one of the most colourful and formative periods of French history. In addition to examining the nature and effectiveness of their reigns, Professor Knecht also examines their foreign policies which brought them into conflict with other major powers. For this new edition the author has added a new chapter on patronage and the arts.

Author : J. Russell Major
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 14,25 MB
Release : 1997-05-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780801856310

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Evans (classics, U. of British Columbia) examines the history of the great emperor, whose reign marks the transition between Late Antiquity and the Byzantine period, including what is presently known about his life, the social structure of the empire, its relations with its neighbors, and naturally, its wars. It also examines theological issues, which split the empire and left deep divisions after Justinian's death. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : J. Russell Major
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 21,13 MB
Release : 2024-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1040245692

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Professor Major's aim in these articles has been to stimulate new assessments of the political, constitutional and social history of France in the 15th - 17th centuries. The first group examines the nature of the Renaissance monarchy, its strengths and its weaknesses and lack of effective controls. The next group explores the issue of why the Estates General, and some of the provincial estates, failed to develop in France, in marked contrast to the triumph of representative government in England. Finally, the author turns to the question of how the nobles succeeded in remaining the dominant social class. On the one hand, he traces the evolution of a patron-client relationship which compensated for the decay of the feudal ties of the Middle Ages; on the other, he challenges assumptions made of a decline in nobles' incomes, and contends that, so long as they held on to their lands and could escape the depredations of war, for most of the period they actually benefited from a marked increase in real income.

Author : James Russell Major
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 24,19 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 9780860782278

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Articles originally published 1954-1987.

Author : Robert Jean Knecht
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman Limited
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 41,47 MB
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780582353749

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Discusses the government and political history of France during the first half of the sixteenth century.

Author : Julian Swann
Publisher :
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Burgundy (France)
ISBN : 9781107138315

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This is the first book in English to study the history of the Estates General of Burgundy during the classic period of absolute monarchy. It sheds new light on the government of Louis XIV, the history of Burgundy and the wider political history of eighteenth-century France.

Author : Rebecca Boone
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 37,55 MB
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9047431243

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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. Raised and educated in Turin, Seyssel entered the service of the French king to facilitate the French invasion of Italy. His wide experience as a jurist, royal counselor, diplomat, propagandist, translator, historian, and prelate informed his unique political perspective. As a witness to the failures of the French in the Italian Wars, he maintained that successful conquest and occupation resulted from superior discipline and order as well as from the elimination of social conflict. In his view, a state with a well-ordered system of law and a wide base of popular support was best-suited to conquer and maintain an empire. His application of Italian political language to French society and government produced a vision of war, politics, and society with radical implications for French history.