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| Acknowledgements | ||
| List of abbreviations | ||
| Notes on transcriptions of documents, units of money and measures | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Return to allegiance: Picardy and the Franco-Burgundian Wars, 1470-93 | 29 |
| 2 | The provincial governors and politics | 65 |
| 3 | The governors' staff and household | 92 |
| 4 | The Picard nobility and royal service | 113 |
| Gouverneurs et capitaines | 117 | |
| Criteria of appointment and contacts at court | 127 | |
| The lesser nobility as royal commissaires | 140 | |
| 5 | Military organisation in Picardy during the Habsburg-Valois wars | 155 |
| The cavalry | 158 | |
| The infantry | 168 | |
| The war commissariat | 179 | |
| Army finance | 182 | |
| Provisioning | 188 | |
| 6 | 'Les fruictz que la guerre rapporte': the effects of war on the | |
| Picard countryside, 1521-60 | 200 | |
| 7 | War, taxation and the towns | 233 |
| The administrative structures | 233 | |
| The scale of taxation: taille royale | 241 | |
| Military taxes: the solde des gens de pied | 246 | |
| Sales taxes | 247 | |
| Forced loans and special levies | 250 | |
| Political negotiations and patronage | 254 | |
| The crown and municipal office | 258 | |
| 8 | Peace negotiations and the formation of the frontier in Picardy, 1521-60 | 265 |
| Conclusion | 294 | |
| Appendices | 308 | |
| Bibliography | 343 | |
| Index | 380 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $150.00 | Digital |
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Michael Alexakos
reviewed War and Government in the French Provinces on April 02, 2012
War and Government in the French Provinces
An okay overview dealing with the question of why, when in 1500 it looked as if France would be the dominant political player for the upcoming century, England and the Netherlands took the lead. Answers lie in the Wars of Religion and the monarchy's fiscal policy focusing on military campaigns paid for with credit.
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