{"product_id":"francis-i-paperback-9780521278874","title":"Francis I (Paperback) 9780521278874","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrancis I\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eR. J. Knect investigates the reign of Francis I of France.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. J. Knecht (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521278874, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 April 1984\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e516 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.716 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Until Desmond Seward's Prince of the Renaissance there was no modern life in English, and until now no full-scale biography at all. The gap is superbly filled by R. J. Knecht's fresh book. Francis I is vigorous, exhaustive, and much rarer in a work of this range and scale - particularly well measured and shaped … a model of what a dense historical biography should be.' The Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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 expenditures far in excess of the crown's traditional resources, it obliged him to tap new sources of wealth, to reorganise the fiscal system and to promote administrative centralisation. Economically, Francis' 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of plates\u003cbr\u003e List of figures\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Childhood and youth\u003cbr\u003e 2. King of France\u003cbr\u003e 3. Marignano (1515)\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Concordat of Bologna\u003cbr\u003e 5. The uneasy peace (1516–1520)\u003cbr\u003e 6. The king and his court\u003cbr\u003e 7. The loss of Milan (1520–1522)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Penury and reform\u003cbr\u003e 9. Humanism and heresy\u003cbr\u003e 10. Treason\u003cbr\u003e 11. Pavia (1523–1525)\u003cbr\u003e 12. The regency of Louise of Savoy (1525–1526)\u003cbr\u003e 13. The king's return (1526–1528)\u003cbr\u003e 14. From Cognac to Cambrai (1526–1529)\u003cbr\u003e 15. The hollow peace (1530–1534)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Domestic problems (1530–1534)\u003cbr\u003e 17. Patron of the arts and 'father of letters'\u003cbr\u003e 18. Triumph and stalemate (1535–1537)\u003cbr\u003e 19. Fruitless entente (1538–1542)\u003cbr\u003e 20. The kingdom's wealth\u003cbr\u003e 21. France overseas\u003cbr\u003e 22. The crown and the provinces\u003cbr\u003e 23. The last war (1542–1546)\u003cbr\u003e 24. Reform and resistance\u003cbr\u003e 25. The growth of persecution\u003cbr\u003e 26. The triumph of faction\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Note on coinage\u003cbr\u003e Manuscript sources\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909139915032,"sku":"9780521278874","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521278874i_2401b548-cb2f-4c33-a04a-659993c8aada.jpg?v=1691374406","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/francis-i-paperback-9780521278874","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}