Francis I (Paperback, Reprint)

List of plates; List of figures; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Childhood and youth; 2. King of France; 3. Marignano (1515); 4. The Concordat of Bologna; 5. The uneasy peace (1516?1520); 6. The king and his court; 7. The loss of Milan (1520?1522); 8. Penury and reform; 9. Humanism and heresy; 10. Treason; 11. Pavia (1523?1525); 12. The regency of Louise of Savoy (1525?1526); 13. The king's return (1526?1528); 14. From Cognac to Cambrai (1526?1529); 15. The hollow peace (1530?1534); 16. Domestic problems (1530?1534); 17. Patron of the arts and 'father of letters'; 18. Triumph and stalemate (1535?1537); 19. Fruitless entente (1538?1542); 20. The kingdom's wealth; 21. France overseas; 22. The crown and the provinces; 23. The last war (1542?1546); 24. Reform and resistance; 25. The growth of persecution; 26. The triumph of faction; Epilogue; Note on coinage; Manuscript sources; Select bibliography; Index.