Renaissance France at War: Armies, Culture and Society, C.1480-1560

by David Linley Potter

The rulers of Renaissance France regarded war as hugely important. This book shows why, looking at all aspects of warfare from strategy to its reception, depiction and promotion.

The other' Renaissance experienced by France was that of war. In Italy from 1494 to 1529, for instance, France was involved in at least a hundred battles, some of them batttles of giants' like Marignano. After 1530, though the emphasis partly shifted away from Italy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843834057
• ISBN13: 9781843834052
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"