Essays in later medieval French history / P.S. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, P. S. (Peter Shervey), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--History--15th century.

France.

Great Britain--History--Lancaster and York, 1399-1485.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Ronceverte, W. Va. : Hambledon Press, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"P.S. Lewis's work has done much to make the history of Prance in the later middle ages more accessible to the English reader and to establish new lines of enquiry and interpretation. The book's central theme is the physical and mental structure of French politics in the period. Following a general survey, the author illustrates his arguments by examining a series of institutions, attitudes and ideas."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 France in the Fifteenth Century: Society and Sovereignty; 3 Une devise de chevalerie inconnue, créée par un comte de Foix?; 4 Le dragon de Mauvezin et Jean I, Comte de Foix (1412-36); 5 Decayed and Non-Feudalism in Later Medieval France; 6 Of Breton Alliances and Other Matters; 7 The Pensioners of Louis XI; 8 The Failure of the French Medieval Estates; 9 Breton Estates; 10 The Estates of Tours; 11 The Centre, the Periphery, and the Problem of Power Distribution in Later Medieval France

12 Jean Juvenal des Ursins and the Common Literary Attitude towards tyranny in Fifteenth-Century France13 Two Pieces of Fifteenth-Century Political Iconography; 14 War Propaganda and Historiography in Fifteenth-Century France and England; 15 Sir John Fastolf's Lawsuit over Titchwell 1448-55; 16 The Growth of the Nation State; 17 Conclusion; Index

Notes:

A collection of the author's essays, many of which have been previously published.

English and French.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612709838

9781472598851

1472598857

9781282709836

1282709836

9780826423832

0826423833

OCLC:

813220512