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

by David Linley Potter

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 and major battles were replaced by complex sieges and wars of manoeuvre, the presence of war was universal. In the Habsburg Valois' wars that began in 1521, the country was subjected...

• 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"