War, domination, and the monarchy of France : Claude de Seyssel and the language of politics in the Renaissance

War, domination, and the monarchy of France : Claude de Seyssel and the language of politics in the Renaissance /

Claude de Seyssel's important political treatise, The Monarchy of France (1515) illuminates the link between warfare, the state, and the social order in the Renaissance. In his effort to describe a state capable of conquest and expansion, Seyssel envisioned a different social and political orde...

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Main Author: Boone, Rebecca Ard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 156.
Subjects:
Seyssel, Claude de, > 1450?-1520.
Seyssel, Claude de, > 1450?-1520. > Monarchie de France.
Political science > History > 16th century.
Politics and war > History > 16th century.
Monarchy > France > History > 16th century.
France > Politics and government > 1328-1589.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • In medias res : the life of Claude de Seyssel
  • The scholar-diplomat
  • The translator of histories
  • Seyssel in Italy : a scholar looks at war
  • The scholar and the state
  • Seyssel, the church, and the ideal prelate.

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