Table of Contents

A new dynasty; the Hundred Years War; the Marmousets; Armagnacs versus Burgundians; from Bourges to Paris; the "Universal Spider"; the end of Breton independence; the lure of Italy; Valois versus Habsburg; a Renaissance court; an absolute monarchy?; the challenge of heresy; mothers and sons; the last Valois.

About the Author

ROBERT KNECHT is Emeritus Professor of French history and Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Research in the Arts and Social Sciences, University of Birmingham. Former Chairman of the Society for Renaissance Studies and Chairman of the Society for the Study of French History.

Reviews

The French civil wars, a web of intrigue, dyastic alliance and fracture, and bloody fratricidal violence, are brought to life in uncomplicated and vivid prose. BBC History, February 2005