Francis I (Cambridge Paperback Library)

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Francis I (Cambridge Paperback Library)

The 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.

Country	USA
Author	R. J. Knecht
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Cambridge University Press
EAN	9780521278874
Edition	Revised
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0521278872
Label	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	516
PublicationDate	1984-06-29
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Studio	Cambridge University Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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