Renaissance France at War: Armies, Culture and Society, c.1480-1560 (Warfare in History) - Image 1

£121.34

Boydell Press Renaissance France at War: Armies, Culture and Society, c.1480-1560 (Warfare in History)

Name: Renaissance France at War: Armies, Culture and Society, c.1480-1560 (Warfare in History)
Brand: Boydell Press
Price: 121.34 GBP
Availability: InStock

France

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£121 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 3 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 18 days • 18 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 18 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £121 (18 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £121 - £121

Price levels: 1 different prices over 18 days

Description

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 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 to major military incursions but continued to make notable attempts to occupy contiguous territory in the Pyrenees, the Alps and the north-east. Explaining such prodigious military efforts is the theme of this book. Why did therulers of France attach so much importance to war and did the development of French armies in this period contribute to a significant modernisation of the country's military potential? The author attempts to answer these crucial questions, through an exploration of the strategy of the country's rulers in the light of contemporary writings, analysis of the nature of the country's high command, and a study of the major components of the king's armies. He argues that France was a society geared to war, persuaded by a sophisticated network of printed communications; the reception of the triumphalist view of war favoured by the rulers is discussed via an investigation of public opinion,as revealed in the literary, artistic and musical worlds. He also shows how the strengthening of the frontiers with new fortifications emerged as a major stage in the adaptation of France to age of artillery. DAVID POTTER is Reader in History at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

Product Specifications

Brand: Boydell Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1843834057
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Europe > France
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 20 November 2008
Listed Since: 20 February 2008

Barcode

No barcode data available

Boydell Press Renaissance France at War: Armies, Culture and Society, c.1480-1560 (Warfare in History)

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Badiou, Balibar, Ranciere: Re-thinking Emancipation - Book

The Contested Parterre: Public Theater and French Political Culture, 1680–1791

A History of Modern French Literature: From the Sixteenth Century to the Twentieth Century

Les Lieux de mémoire: Les France 2 (3)

The Matter of Mind: Reason and Experience in the Age of Descartes

Volery and Venery in the French Wars of Religion: 252 (Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures)

French Short Stories for Beginners and Intermediates

The Royal Financial Administration and the Prosecution of Crime in France, 1670-1789

French Short Stories for Beginners and Intermediates

Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850 (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series: Cooking Up History)

Essays in Later Medieval French Literature: The Legacy of Jane H. M. Taylor (Durham Modern Languages Series)

Fra Francesc Moner’s Bilingual Poetics of Love and Reason: The «Wisdom Text» by a Catalan Writer of the Early Renaissance: 173 (Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures)

Kaporal Macon Casual Shorts, Navy, 31 Men's, Navy Blue, 31W

Kaporal Men's ELIX Casual Shorts, Ex Old Black, XS

War for the Every Day: Generals, Knowledge, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe, 1680-1740: 181 (Contributions in Military Studies)

Medieval Warfare 1300–1450 (The International Library of Essays on Military History)

Journal of Medieval Military History: Volume XXI: 21

Boccace: Ninfale Fiesolano / Les Nymphes de Fiesole: 33 (Bibliotheque Italienne)

History of the Art of War Within the Framework of Political History: The Middle Ages: 3 (Contributions in Military Studies)

Routledge - Resisting Napoleon: British Response to Invasion

Journal of Medieval Military History: Volume IX: Soldiers, Weapons and Armies in the Fifteenth Century

Ambrogio Spinola between Genoa, Flanders, and Spain: 20 (Avisos de Flandes, 20)

Defense Policies of East-Central European Countries After 1989: Creating Stability in a Time of Uncertainty

The Fifth French Republic: 92 (European History in Perspective)