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- catalog abstract ""Few studies of the history of provincial France have hitherto spanned the conventional medieval/early-modern divide, and David Potter's detailed examination of war and government in Picardy, a region of France hitherto neglected by historians, has much to say about the development of French absolutism. Picardy emerged as a province after the conquests effected by Louis XI between 1470 and 1477, but its character was profoundly shaped by the impact of the Habsburg-Valois Wars between 1521 and 1559. Picardy became the most exposed frontier region of the French kingdom and suffered repeated devastations, which culminated in the 1550s. Though the province had in the main no regularly organised estates and was relatively close to the centres of royal government and power, it had to be incorporated in the kingdom by inducements to its numerous nobility and urban oligarchies. Its experience of the first period of absolutism provides an enlightening contrast with that of other, more outlying provinces: the Picard nobility was notable for the extent of its participation in the army, the court and the government of France. David Potter provides a detailed analysis of the organisation of French military power in the province and the effects of war on town and countryside, and the work concludes with Picardy about to enter a new and difficult period of civil war."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b4495098.
- catalog coverage "Belgium Boundaries France.".
- catalog coverage "France Boundaries Belgium.".
- catalog coverage "France Military policy History 16th century.".
- catalog coverage "France Military policy.".
- catalog coverage "France Politics and government 16th century.".
- catalog coverage "Picardy (France) History.".
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description ""Few studies of the history of provincial France have hitherto spanned the conventional medieval/early-modern divide, and David Potter's detailed examination of war and government in Picardy, a region of France hitherto neglected by historians, has much to say about the development of French absolutism. Picardy emerged as a province after the conquests effected by Louis XI between 1470 and 1477, but its character was profoundly shaped by the impact of the Habsburg-Valois Wars between 1521 and 1559. Picardy became the most exposed frontier region of the French kingdom and suffered repeated devastations, which culminated in the 1550s. Though the province had in the main no regularly organised estates and was relatively close to the centres of royal government and power, it had to be incorporated in the kingdom by inducements to its numerous nobility and urban oligarchies. Its experience of the first period of absolutism provides an enlightening contrast with that of other, more outlying provinces: the Picard nobility was notable for the extent of its participation in the army, the court and the government of France. David Potter provides a detailed analysis of the organisation of French military power in the province and the effects of war on town and countryside, and the work concludes with Picardy about to enter a new and difficult period of civil war."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-379) and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 393 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521431891 (hc)".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Belgium Boundaries France.".
- catalog spatial "France Boundaries Belgium.".
- catalog spatial "France Military policy History 16th century.".
- catalog spatial "France Military policy.".
- catalog spatial "France Picardy".
- catalog spatial "France Politics and government 16th century.".
- catalog spatial "Picardy (France) History.".
- catalog subject "944/.26 20".
- catalog subject "DC611.P588 P68 1993".
- catalog subject "Nobility France Picardy History 16th century.".
- catalog title "War and government in the French provinces : Picardy, 1470-1560 / David Potter.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".