Renaissance warrior and patron : the reign of Francis I / R.J. Knecht.

Main entry:

Knecht, R. J. (Robert Jean)

Title & Author:

Renaissance warrior and patron : the reign of Francis I / R.J. Knecht.

Edition:

[Rev., expanded and illustrated ed.].

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Description:

xxiv, 612 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Revised edition of Francis I. 1982.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

This book offers a full and comprehensive account of one of the most colourful and formative reigns in French history, that of Francis I (1515-47), and is published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of his birth in September 1494. Francis was the contemporary and rival of Henry VIII of England and of the Habsburg Emperor Charles V. He was also an outstanding patron of the arts and of learning, and the builder of world-famous chateaux such as Chambord and Fontainebleau. Professor Knecht aims to do justice to all aspects of Francis's rich cultural legacy, and takes into account much recent research on the king's administration, and financial and religious policies. The king's ambivalence towards the challenge of Protestantism also offers the historian scope for controversy, as does the overall nature of his rule: how far was Francis an absolute monarch? In the course of examining such aspects, Knecht surveys the economy and society of France during the Renaissance, as well as the political background of wars in Italy and of the rivalry between Francis I and Charles V. This book is a completely revised version of Knecht's earlier study of the king, Francis I, first published in 1982 and for many years the standard work on the subject. That edition is now superseded by this substantially larger work, in which much new written and illustrative material has been included. No other English work on the subject is as up-to-date or as authoritative.

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ISBN:

0521417961
9780521417969

Subject:

Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547.
François I, King of France.
François Ier, roi de France, 1494-1547.
François Ier (roi de France ; 1494-1547)
Renaissance France.
Rois et souverains France Biographies.
Kings and rulers.
Renaissance.
Regeringen.
France History Francis I, 1515-1547.
France Kings and rulers Biography.
France Histoire 1515-1547 (François Ier)
France.
France 1515-1547 (François I)

Form/genre:

Biography
History.
Biographies.

Added entries:

Knecht, R. J. (Robert Jean). Francis I.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 102893
Call No.: ID DC113.K58; ID:94-B1671
Status: Available

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