The Man Who Sacked Rome: Charles De Bourbon, Constable of France - Couverture rigide

Pitts, Vincent J

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0820424560 ISBN 13 : 9780820424569

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 1994

Synopsis

This is the first general biography of Charles de Bourbon, Constable of France (1490-1527), to appear for some time. The events of Bourbon's life form a dramatic and compelling story, centering on his treasonable plot to dismember France in 1523; his victory at Pavia and capture of François I in 1525; and his command of the imperial troops who sacked Rome in 1527
The narrative, illuminated by the findings of modern scholarship, is integrated into the broader context of French and international history. The biographical idiom is used to examine the evolution of French social and political institutions in the first decades of the sixteenth century, the strains induced in the French and Hapsburg monarchies by the long struggle for primacy in Italy, and the rapid transformation of war and diplomacy in the period.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

The Author: A graduate of Yale University, Mr. Pitts received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard. His previous publications include France and the German Problem: Politics and Economics in the Locarno Period (1987).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0820424560
• ISBN 13: 9780820424569
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 614
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible