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Autore |
Lewis P. S (Peter Shervey) |
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Titolo |
Essays in later medieval French history / / P.S. Lewis |
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London ; ; Ronceverte, W. Va. : , : Hambledon Press, , 1985 |
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ISBN |
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1-4725-9885-7 |
1-282-70983-6 |
9786612709838 |
0-8264-2383-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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France History 15th century |
Great Britain History Lancaster and York, 1399-1485 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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A collection of the author's essays, many of which have been previously published. |
English and French. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 France in the Fifteenth Century: Society and Sovereignty; 3 Une devise de chevalerie inconnue, créée par un comte de Foix?; 4 Le dragon de Mauvezin et Jean I, Comte de Foix (1412-36); 5 Decayed and Non-Feudalism in Later Medieval France; 6 Of Breton Alliances and Other Matters; 7 The Pensioners of Louis XI; 8 The Failure of the French Medieval Estates; 9 Breton Estates; 10 The Estates of Tours; 11 The Centre, the Periphery, and the Problem of Power Distribution in Later Medieval France |
12 Jean Juvenal des Ursins and the Common Literary Attitude towards tyranny in Fifteenth-Century France13 Two Pieces of Fifteenth-Century Political Iconography; 14 War Propaganda and Historiography in Fifteenth-Century France and England; 15 Sir John Fastolf's Lawsuit over Titchwell 1448-55; 16 The Growth of the Nation State; 17 Conclusion; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"P.S. Lewis's work has done much to make the history of Prance in the later middle ages more accessible to the English reader and to establish new lines of enquiry and interpretation. The book's central theme is the physical and mental structure of French politics in the period. Following |
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