La post�rit� a brouill� l'image de Fran�ois I^er. A l'�poque des guerres de Religion, le r�gne du " roi chevalier " est c�l�br� comme un �ge d'or, celui d'une floraison artistique illustr�e par les merveilles de Chambord, de Fontainebleau et de tant d'autres ch�teaux; temps heureux de la Renaissance o� la cour royale, �blouissante par son �clat, attirait les peintres et les architectes les plus c�l�bres d'Italie. Mais depuis l'av�nement des Bourbons, et surtout au XIX^e si�cle, le " grand roy Fran�ois " sera comme diminu� par mille d�fauts _ capricieux, sensuel, licencieux, domin� par les femmes...

C'est cette image plurielle que l'ouvrage de Robert J. Knecht �claire, enrichit, renouvelle. Il reconstitue le d�cor et les couleurs, les travaux et les jours de ce long r�gne de tumulte et de gloire. Il restitue � Fran�ois I^er sa v�ritable stature, sa vision d'une monarchie h�ro�que, son g�nie de la repr�sentation et son grand dessein politique: unir le royaume autour de la majest� du tr�ne, encourager le savoir, inspirer les arts par la g�n�rosit� et par le m�c�nat.

Cet ouvrage interroge aussi les fondements de la puissance monarchique dont il r�v�le la grandeur et les faiblesses. Il montre l'exigu�t� de l'administration royale et la fragilit� financi�re de la couronne; il d�crit l'hostilit� des institutions traditionnelles aux vell�it�s centralisatrices du pouvoir; il d�couvre toute la difficult� du " roi tr�s chr�tien " � identifier la dissidence religieuse et � en mesurer les p�rils; il analyse enfin les erreurs du prince, militaires et diplomatiques, qui devaient tant �prouver la France.

Ce livre magistral redonne vie et lumi�re � ce grand r�gne que l'ombre de Versailles a longtemps terni.

Robert J. Knecht, professeur �m�rite de l'Universit� de Birmingham, est l'un des historiens les plus renomm�s de la Renaissance fran�aise.

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