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The Rise and Fall of Renaissance France
1483–1610
R. J. KNECHT
Fourth Estate
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Published by Fontana Press 1996
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Contents
A Note on Coinage and Measures
2 The minority of Charles VIII and the Breton marriage (1483–94)
3 Charles VIII and the Italian Wars (1494–8)
4 Louis XII, ‘Father of the people’ (1498–1515)
6 Francis I: The first decade (1515–25)
7 The New Learning and heresy (1483–1525)
8 Defeat, captivity and restoration (1525–7)
10 The court and patronage of Francis I
11 Francis I: The last decade (1537–47)
12 The absolutism of Francis I
13 Henry II, the victor of Metz (1547–52)
14 The arts and literature under Henry II
15 Henry II: The tragic peace (1553–9)
18 The failure of conciliation (1559–62)
19 The First Civil War (1562–3)
21 The Second and Third Civil Wars (1566–70)
22 The St Bartholomew’s day massacres (1572)
24 Fraternal discord (1573–83)
26 The Catholic League (1584–92)