Francis I

Knecht, R. J.

ISBN 10: 0521243440 / ISBN 13: 9780521243445

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1982

About this Item

Fine hardcover in Fine dust jacket. First Edition First Printing. Clean, bright and tight. No other writing or other marks. We wrap and box our books for shipping.

Seller Inventory # 24371

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Francis I
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521243440
• ISBN 13: 9780521243445
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

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.

Book Description

The name of Francis I might not be as well-known as that of his contemporaries, Henry VIII and Emperor Charles V, yet he was no less important for that. R. J. Knecht investigates the reign of Francis I and discovers that he witnessed and promoted fundamental changes in the political structure, economy, society, religion and cultural life of France.