{"product_id":"the-court-and-reign-of-francis-the-first-king-of-france-paperback-9781108074469","title":"The Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108074469","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis two-volume 1849 work attempts to remove the accretions of myth clinging to Francis I and to his court.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulia Pardoe (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108074469, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 August 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e644 pages, 6 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.6 cm, 0.81 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis two-volume work by the historian Julia Pardoe (1804–62) was published in 1849. (Her bestselling account of life in Turkey and her biography of Marie de Medici are both also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.) Pardoe began writing poetry and novels, but later turned to non-fiction, especially travel narratives and historical biography. In this work, she attempts to remove the accretions of myth which have clung to Francis I and to his court. Noting the tendency of French historians to glorify the monarchs of the distant past, she observes: 'it is only by reference to the more confidential records and correspondence of the period' that the modern historian can arrive at 'a just estimate of the character and motives of the sovereign'. Volume 2 considers the tumultuous consequences of the Protestant reformation and the rivalry between France and the Habsburgs, and ends with Francis' death in 1547.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. 1524\u003cbr\u003e 2. 1525\u003cbr\u003e 3. 1526\u003cbr\u003e 4. 1526–7\u003cbr\u003e 5. 1526–7 (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 6. 1527–30\u003cbr\u003e 7. 1530–31\u003cbr\u003e 8. 1532\u003cbr\u003e 9. 1533–4\u003cbr\u003e 10. 1534\u003cbr\u003e 11. 1535–6\u003cbr\u003e 12. 1536\u003cbr\u003e 13. 1536–8\u003cbr\u003e 14. 1538\u003cbr\u003e 15. 1539–40\u003cbr\u003e 16. 1541–2\u003cbr\u003e 17. 1542–3\u003cbr\u003e 18. 1544\u003cbr\u003e 19. 1544–5\u003cbr\u003e 20. 1545\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\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":46266186465560,"sku":"9781108074469","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108074469i_750608a6-c097-47e7-9dda-1ee51e37e8e6.jpg?v=1696751503","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-court-and-reign-of-francis-the-first-king-of-france-paperback-9781108074469","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}