| Description |
1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
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12 Jean Juvenal des Ursins and the Common Literary Attitude towards tyranny in Fifteenth-Century France13 Two Pieces of Fifteenth-Century Political Iconography; (a) Clovis Touches for the King''s Evil; (b) The English Kill their Kings; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
France, 1400-1500 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Essays in English with two essays in French |
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Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Geschichte (1400-1500)
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France -- History -- 15th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051286
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Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056765
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France
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Great Britain
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Frankreich
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France -- histoire -- 15e siècle.
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Grande-Bretagne -- histoire -- 1399-1485 (Lancaster et York)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826423832 |
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0826423833 |
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9781472598851 |
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1472598857 |
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