Author: Paul Murray KendallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Louis XI
Author: Paul Murray KendallLouis XI
Author: Paul Murray KendallPublisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781842124116
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
By 1423, the year that Louis XI, King of France (1461-83) was born, much of France was ruled by the English. To unify France after the Hundred Years War under his rule (I am France he would proclaim to his rebellious vassals) became the idee fixe of Louis' life. The manner in which he largely succeeded accomplishing this is the subject of this book
The Universal Spider
Author: Philippe de CommynesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"The 'Memoirs' of Philippe de Commynes have been celebrated for more than four hundred years both as a remarkable literary work and as a priceless controbution to the history of the fifteenth century. They fall into two quite different parts. The first (comprising Books I-VI) narrates the intense, violent struggle for the dominance of western Europe between Louis XI of France and his greatest vassal, Charles the Rash, Duke of Burgundy, which was resolved by the triumph of the king; it begins with the appearance of Commynes on the political scene in 1464 as a young squire in the service of the House of Burgundy and ends in 1483 with the death of Louis XI, at which Commynes was himself present. In the second part (Books VII-VIII) he recounts the first French invation of Italy in 1494 under Louis XI's feeble son, Charles VIII. He took part in that ill-fated expedition, s a royal councillor and diplomat, and fought at Charles VIII's side in the desperate battle of Fornovo; but the chief adviser and confidant of Louis XI enjoyed little influence in King Charles' frivolous household. The 'Memoirs' conclude in 1498, following the death of Charles VIII, with Commynes' entering the service of that monarch's successor, Louis XII. It is the earlier, and much richer, part of the 'Memoirs' that is here translated." -- introduction, page 7.
The Universal Spider. The Life of Louis XI of France. Translated and Edited by Paul Kendall
Author: Philippe de COMINES (Seigneur d'Argenton.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Louis XI
Author: Paul Murray KendallThe Spider King
Author: Lawrence SchoonoverAn Astrologer at Work in Late Medieval France
Author: Helena Avelar de CarvalhoPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004463380
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
This book offers an internalist view on the history of astrology by studying the case of S. Belle, an astrologer who lived in late fifteenth-century France. It addresses his methods of work, his process of learning, and his practice.
Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth
Author: Mike IngramPublisher: Retinue to Regiment
ISBN: 9781912866502
Category : Bosworth Field, Battle of, England, 1485
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Battle of Bosworth along with Hastings and Naseby is one of the most important battles in English history and on the death of Richard, ushered in the age of the Tudors. This is the story of two very different men, Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England and Henry Tudor and how they met in battle on 22 August 1485 at Bosworth Field.
France
Author: John Julius NorwichPublisher: John Murray Press
ISBN: 9781473663848
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The History of Comines
Author: Philippe de CommynesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
"Philippe de Commines (or de Commynes or "Philippe de Comines", Latin Philippus Cominaeus; 1447 ? 18 October 1511) was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" (Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve) and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times" (Oxford Companion to English Literature). Neither a chronicler nor a historian in the usual sense of the word, his analyses of the contemporary political scene are what made him virtually unique in his own time."--Wikipedia.