Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Notes on transcriptions of documents, units of money and measures; Introduction; 1. Return to allegiance: Picardy and the Franco-Burgundian Wars, 1470–93; 2. The provincial governors and politics; 3. The governors' staff and household; 4. The Picard nobility and royal service; 5. Military organisation in Picardy during the Habsburg-Valois wars; 6. 'Les fruictz que la guerre rapporte': the effects of war on the Picard countryside, 1521–60; 7. War, taxation and the towns; 8. Peace negotiations and the formation of the frontier in Picardy, 1521–60; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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